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gainer
UK /ˈɡeɪnə/ US /ˈɡeɪnɚ/
noun 3name 1
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3GAINER + NOUN
alliance
PREP.
in
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
One who gains a profit or advantage.
… it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.
Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
2
One who puts on weight.
3
A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.
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A surname.
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… it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.
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Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
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Thus, after eighteen months of fantastic and ruinous warfare, the companies had come to their senses and agreed to do what they might have done at the start; the only gainers were the passengers who h
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