A lifer, as every birder knows, is a bird you've never seen in your life before.
From the cairns.com.au
The law greatly extends the duration a lifer can be denied parole consideration.
From the ocregister.com
Zimmer, 53, is a football lifer, the son of an Illinois Hall of Fame prep coach.
From the post-gazette.com
It is the career equivalent of a lifer who launches a feud with the prison cook.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The football lifer and fledgling world leader have struck up quite a connection.
From the usatoday.com
This is puzzling in a candidate who has a pretty good reputation as a pro-lifer.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
The law greatly extended the duration a lifer can be denied parole consideration.
From the ocregister.com
I'm curious as to how far your commitment to voting for a pure pro-lifer extends.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Instead, the 56-year-old lifer is beginning a hunger strike in Gartree prison.
From the guardian.co.uk
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A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
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(Lifering) A lifebuoy, ring buoy, lifering, lifesaver or lifebelt, also known as a "kisby ring" or "perry buoy", is a life saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning. ...
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A prisoner sentenced to life in prison; A person who makes a career in the military; A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the birds he or she has seen in their life time
Career military man. The term is often used in a derogatory manner.
Career soldier; compare OLD BREED, OLD SWEAT, RETREAD, HOMESTEADER, FLATHEAD, CHERRY, FNG, NEWBEE, see TICKET-PUNCHER, MILICRAT, KHAKI MAFIA, VULCANIZE, RIGHT ARM, BOOTSTRAP, DOUBLE-DIP.