gamer
n.— «He runs. He throws. He catches. What Crouch showed them is that he’s a gamer, and maybe this is the year a gamer wins.» —“Solich, Huskers really special” by Tom Shael Omaha World-Herald (Neb.) Oct. 29, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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