holdout

/HH OW1 L D AW0 T/
noun
  1. 1

    One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.

  2. 2

    A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.

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