stayaway
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stayaway (plural stayaways)
- A political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.
- Hypernyms: labor action, industrial action
- Coordinate terms: go-slow, lockout, slowdown, strike, stayout, walkout
- One who avoids or stays away.
- One who does not attend something, such as a sports match.
- 2009 June 15, “Empty seats abound at Cup opener”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- The stayaways missed a goal feast, as Liverpool's Fernando Torres scored a hat trick in the first 17 minutes.