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Hardly the "me too" type
Answer for the clue "Hardly the "me too" type ", 7 letters:
holdout
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Word definitions for holdout in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who hold out.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In gambling jargon , a holdout is any of numerous accessories used by cheats to help them "hold-out" a card (or cards ) during a card game . Some holdout devices are extremely simple and require moderate or advanced manipulative skill to be used properly. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
holdout \holdout\ n. a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms after most other participants have signed an agreement; as, their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks. a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks" a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling ...
Usage examples of holdout.
Combines scythe circumference swatches, close their noose around holdout corn.
Vaughan Williams dies just after the debut of his final symphony, a last holdout against Boulez and Berio.
It was his embroidered, endangered bastion, his last holdout in an overrun world: the amber oil lamp in the second-story corner above the antique shop, abiding in tragic coziness.
They thought her safely in confinement, and all the time she had this simple holdout spell, courtesy of her visit to Devale and a sweaty night.
The last holdout had given up the fight and the survivors were coming out from behind the shattered defenses.
In his mind the SS man was back in a cellar beneath the Lubyanka, strangling a NKVD holdout he had stalked through the labyrinth and found in a hidden room with a half-eaten German corpse.
Deck, reeling backwards with his hands sunk in his ruined guts, and went for the holdout below the bar at a speed that was truly semi-divine.
He and Lucas were the last two holdouts, as they liked to refer to themselves.
I would keep on haggling, and if necessary I too would meet stubborn holdouts on the challenge lawn.
The town gets its paved streets, the holdouts pay their share, and their paws stay unmuddy too.
Then he had gone trudging through the countryside, organizing the small groups of holdouts who hid in the woods and the edges of the mountains.
There were a few holdouts, of course, men like Sir John who had given Stephen their respect but still refused to swear fealty to him, but their number was dwindling on a daily basis.
The same supermajority would be required for any amendment of the original Act, and there were enough holdouts to put final approval very much up for grabs.
The deck was marked to indicate face cards and he had two aces in a sleeve holdout, so there was little to worry about.
The holdouts kept him in the cellar whose second story had taken a couple of direct hits from a landcruiser's cannon.