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breaker boy

breaker boy noun: a boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal at the breaker of a coal mine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

breaker boy: a boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal...
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Noun

breaker boy (plural breaker boys)

  1. (historical) A boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal at the breaker of a coal mine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
    Synonyms:
    coal cracker

Synonyms of breaker boy

Forms of breaker boy

pluralbreaker boys

Questions about breaker boy

What does breaker boy mean?
Breaker boy means a boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal at the breaker of a coal mine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
What part of speech is breaker boy?
Breaker boy is a noun.
What is the plural of breaker boy?
The plural of breaker boy is breaker boys.

Words near breaker boy in the dictionary

  1. breakee
  2. breakees
  3. breaker
  4. breaker bar
  5. breaker bars
  6. breaker boy
  7. breaker boys
  8. Breaker Point
  9. breaker's yard
  10. breaker-inner
  11. breaker-inners

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