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n. - A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.

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  • The horse that won the race is a good stayer
  • The horse YOU want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money.
  • One that allus is a "stayer" when you want to slam him through,
  • If Haye can win his next three fights then maybe Britain will have another "stayer" on its hands.
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