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Etymology

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From deadline +‎ -er.

Noun

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deadliner (plural deadliners)

  1. A person who works up until the deadline.
    • 1995, Andrei Codrescu, Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio, page 28:
      I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex.

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Noun

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deadliner

  1. indefinite plural of deadline