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'I'm a gunslinger. A nomad': Willem Dafoe reflects on 40-year acting career

linger

verb [ I ]

UK 

 /ˈlɪŋ.ɡər/ US 

 /ˈlɪŋ.ɡɚ/

 

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to take a long time to leave or disappear:

After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.

The smell from the fire still lingered days later.

It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever.

gunslinger

1

a man who carries a gun and shoots well.

Cowboys rarely, if ever, ate pasta and Italy's history, while rich and storied, is bereft of tales of cattle rustlers, gunslingers and homesteaders circling the wagons.