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What does holdover mean?

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Noun
  1. Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
  2. The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
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My mother was used to waiting on her since Ann was a holdover from the days when my family owned and operated a pizza shop.
For her, he is a holdover from the nineteenth century, not a modern artist.
The entrees tend to be overworked and overembellished, perhaps a holdover from the chef's stint doing fancy hotel food.
Rue, of course, is a holdover from Lebanon's time as a French protectorate.
Meanwhile, the Internal Security Act, a repressive colonial holdover, allows the government to detain suspects without trial.
But in reality, Daylight Savings Time is an archaic holdover from a time when people relied on candles all the time.

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