noun
General Slang
lifer
· noun · prison
Someone serving life.
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A prisoner doing a life sentence. On the wing, lifers are a tribe of their own — settled in, often calmer than the short-stretch lads, because for them this isn't a phase, it's the address.
“The lifers run the library — they've got nothing but time to read.”
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By extension, anyone who's spent their entire career somewhere and is never leaving. A lifer at the company, a lifer in the army.
“Thirty years at the same factory — proper lifer.”
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lifer In A Sentence
The lifers run the library — they've got nothing but time to read.
Thirty years at the same factory — proper lifer.
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People Also Ask
What does lifer mean?
A lifer is someone serving a life sentence in prison.
How do you use lifer in a sentence?
For example: "He's a lifer, been inside twenty years."
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