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plural relievers
(chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.). examples
(baseball) A relief pitcher. examples
Someone who fills in for another. examples
(slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out. quotations
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.
1929, Maine. Legislature, Legislative Record, page 1033