English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from stay away.

Noun

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stayaway (plural stayaways)

  1. A political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.
    Hypernyms: labor action, industrial action
    Coordinate terms: go-slow, lockout, slowdown, strike, stayout, walkout
  2. One who avoids or stays away.
  3. One who does not attend something, such as a sports match.
    • 2009 June 15, “Empty seats abound at Cup opener”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      The stayaways missed a goal feast, as Liverpool's Fernando Torres scored a hat trick in the first 17 minutes.

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