stonebreaker

English

Alternative forms

  • stone breaker
  • stone-breaker

Etymology

From stone +‎ breaker.

Noun

stonebreaker (plural stonebreakers)

  1. A labourer who breaks stone.
    • 2021, “The Stonebreakers”, in Mubi‎[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2023:
      In 1908, Argentinian stonebreakers went on what was to become the longest strike in the country’s history.
  2. A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

References

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