deadliner

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noun

A person who works up until the deadline.

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Meanings

noundeadliner (plural deadliners)

plural deadliners

  1. A person who works up until the deadline.

    I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex.

    1995, Andrei Codrescu, Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio, page 28

Origin

From deadline + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

deadliner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadliner

MLA

“deadliner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadliner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadliner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadliner.

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