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Finisher

noun

(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. Synonym: closer.

A racing driver who finishes a race.

A painter who applies a finishing coat.

A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process.

A race car that finishes a race.

An animal that wins in a contest of speed.

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"Finisher" Quotes from Famous Books

... with them, and acquainted. I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. Just so with these. We kind of liked them from the start, and traveling with them put on the finisher. The longer we traveled with them, and the more we got used to their ways, the better and better we liked them, and the gladder and gladder we was that we run across them. We had come to know some of them so well that we called them by name when we was talking about them, ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... after communion with God. In her last illness, however, she showed much uneasiness of mind, as if something disturbed her peaceful expectation of dismissal. Brother Kohlmeister, who visited her very faithfully, encouraged her to look up to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; and on one occasion, particularly, offered up a most fervent prayer to the Lord that he would remove all her doubts by a full assurance that her sins were forgiven through the merits of his precious blood, during ...

— The Moravians in Labrador • Anonymous

Words linked to "Finisher" : relief pitcher, fireman, reliever, baseball, stitcher, slammer, painter, varnisher, racing car, finish, worker, race driver, race car, baseball game, racer, automobile driver