Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds a place or office; an office-holder.
- noun A deputy.
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Examples
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He squinted theatrically and snarled, That President Obama, he's a Quisling, just a place-holder for the money men until they find a Republican who's got some Goddamn manners, unlike George W. You don't want the natives getting too restless so you put in an ethnic minority fellow with a happy face who throws the game.
George Kenney: Nixon Now! George Kenney 2011
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He squinted theatrically and snarled, That President Obama, he's a Quisling, just a place-holder for the money men until they find a Republican who's got some Goddamn manners, unlike George W. You don't want the natives getting too restless so you put in an ethnic minority fellow with a happy face who throws the game.
George Kenney: Nixon Now! George Kenney 2011
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It has been said already, but I think a place-holder appointment by the Gov until the special election happens is functional, with a provision that the person appointed cannot run in the special election.
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As always, the ingenue was a docile, saintly (with one slip) place-holder, but Elena Shaddow, who was the girl in The Light in the Piazza did her level best with her, and has a lovely, clear voice.
Fanny deliasherman 2010
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Kathleen says with a steely glare, but I get the sense it's more a place-holder than genuine outrage.
Fact-Checking Your Fiction Con Chapman 2011
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That's a smart twist: it would be hard for Obama to deliver the traditional "the state of our Union is strong" in the current economic climate – but "getting stronger" is good place-holder.9.21pm: And here's something a US president has not been able to say for a while: "Tonight, the American auto industry is back."
State of the union 2012: Obama's address as it happened 2012
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RIck Perry may be just a place-holder for a lost sense of political integrity and vision.
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RIck Perry may be just a place-holder for a lost sense of political integrity and vision.
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The new place-holder will inevitably find his time taken up either with sitting before Congressional committees being berated for not getting Orion/Ares-I operational sooner or with having to demean himself to beg for money to make the thing fly before ISS retires and renders the program moot.
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As always, the ingenue was a docile, saintly (with one slip) place-holder, but Elena Shaddow, who was the girl in The Light in the Piazza did her level best with her, and has a lovely, clear voice.
Fanny deliasherman 2010
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