Meaning of Reliever | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
2. A relief pitcher.
3. Someone who fills in for another.
4. A garment kept for being lent out.
   dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.”

“The first reliever got the last⟳ two outs of the sixth.”

“I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take⟳ a break⟳.”

“Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit⟳. He goes to this pawn shop⟳ and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit⟳, pretty well used up.”

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