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nonleaker

noun

Etymology

From non- + leaker.

  1. derived from *leg-✻
  2. inherited from *lekaną✻
  3. derived from leka
  4. derived from leken
  5. inherited from *lecan✻
  6. inherited from leken
  7. suffixed as leaker — “leak + er”
  8. prefixed as nonleaker — “non + leaker”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, does not leak.

    • […] praising someone as a nonleaker is an ancient journalistic device to protect sources.
    • The team decided on a group comparison with eight leakers and eight nonleakers. They selected eight trucks that had failed the leak test with an upper ditch leak. Obtaining trucks that did not leak was more difficult […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA