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everlasting

/ˌɛvəɹˈlæstɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. Chiefly with a descriptive word: short for everlasting flower (“any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant”) (countable)
  2. Synonym of lasting (“(uncountable) a durable, plain, woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes; (countable) a quantity of such fabric”). (countable, uncountable)

Plural everlastings

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There they had a bit of a skirmish in getting rid of the duties; the excise was, in truth, the everlasting enemy of the patron of La Jeune Amélie.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 240 · C1

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