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stiff

3 noun
     
stiff3 [countable] informal
1 the body of a dead person
2

working stiff

American English an ordinary person who works to earn enough money to live
3 someone who you think is old-fashioned and too formal:
His business tactics outraged the stiffs of the UK establishment.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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