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bonebreaker

bonebreaker noun: one who or that which breaks bones.

Noun

bonebreaker (plural bonebreakers)

  1. One who or that which breaks bones.
    • Now there's a bonebreaker of a fall, Georgie Jay would say...2013, Lucy Ashford, The Major and the Pickpocket, page 53
    • Only someone of Ronnie's mentality would have chanced his arm and scammed a bonebreaker like Fingers.2014, David Barry, Tales from Soho

Forms of bonebreaker

pluralbonebreakers

Origin of bonebreaker

From bone + breaker.

Questions about bonebreaker

What does bonebreaker mean?
Bonebreaker means one who or that which breaks bones.
What part of speech is bonebreaker?
Bonebreaker is a noun.
What is the plural of bonebreaker?
The plural of bonebreaker is bonebreakers.

Words near bonebreaker in the dictionary

  1. boneblack
  2. boneblacks
  3. bonebract
  4. Bonebrake
  5. Bonebrakes
  6. bonebreaker
  7. bonebreakers
  8. boned
  9. boned down
  10. boned out
  11. boned up

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