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Definition of Fill-in
1. Noun. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). "We need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
Generic synonyms: Compeer, Equal, Match, Peer
Specialized synonyms: Locum, Locum Tenens, Double, Stunt Man, Stunt Woman, Alternate, Replacement, Surrogate
Derivative terms: Fill In, Relieve, Stand In, Substitute, Substitute, Substitute
Definition of Fill-in
1. Noun. A temporary replacement for another ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fill-in
Literary usage of Fill-in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1894)
"... that the plaintiff at the time mentioned was engaged in the improvement of
Abernethy Avenue, and had partially made a fill in certain lots lying in said ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... held them might fill in any Dime. Sometimes the warrant was to set a prisoner
at large, but it woe more frequently for detention in the Bastille. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... lays down the code for all future French verse, and may be said to fill in
French literature a parallel place to tb.it held by its prototype in Latin. ..."
4. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1896)
"... it would be possible to fill in this meagre outline with some account of their
style and characteristics; but in such a case as this conjecture is worse ..."
5. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... seasonal thawing (more than 2 m) or with deep permafrost, and also continuous
fill in the sections with ice-rich soil and a thin active layer (to 1 m). ..."
6. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"As a supplement, to illustrate the diary and to fill in the periods which are
wanting therein, I have added in an Appendix a selection from the letters of ..."
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