deadliner

English

Etymology

deadline +‎ -er

Noun

deadliner (plural deadliners)

1. A person who works up until the deadline.
   • 1995, Andrei Codrescu, Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio, page 28:

     I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex.