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Stayer

noun

A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.

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"Stayer" Quotes from Famous Books

... he could go to sleep in the saddle on night-guard; for an easier horse to ride he never had straddled. It was like sitting in grandma's pet rocking chair when that roan loosened his muscles for a long, tireless gallop over the prairie sod, and as a stayer Andy had never seen his equal. It was not his turn to choose, however, and he held his breath lest the rope of another should settle over the slatey-black ears ...

— The Happy Family • Bertha Muzzy Bower

... will suit some feller's needs; There is nags high-bred an' tony, with a smooth an' shiny skin, That will capture all the races that you want to run 'em in. But fer one that never tires; one that's faithful, tried and true; One that allus is a "stayer" when you want to slam him through, There is but one breed o' critters that I ever came across That will allus stand the racket: 'tis the Ol' ...

— Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp • Various

Words linked to "Stayer" : fauna, creature, brute, animal, stay, animate being, beast