reliever

Noun

dated slang

(chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.). / (baseball) A relief pitcher. / Someone who fills in for another. / (slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out.

Japanese Meaning

痛みなどを和らげるもの（主に医薬品の場合に使われる） / 救援投手（野球における代わりに登板する投手） / 誰かの代役として務める人物 / （古い俗語で）貸し出し用として保管している衣服

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The pharmacist recommended a mild reliever for her persistent headache.

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薬剤師は彼女の持続的な頭痛に対して軽い鎮痛剤を勧めた。

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Sense（1）

(chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.).

Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.

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Sense（2）

(baseball) A relief pitcher.

The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.

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Sense（3）

Someone who fills in for another.

I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.

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Sense（4）

(slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out.

Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.

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relievers

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