"nonleaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonleakers [plural]
Etymology: From non- + leaker. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|leaker}} non- + leaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonleaker (plural nonleakers)
  1. One who, or that which, does not leak.

Inflected forms

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