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breaker boys

breaker boys is the plural of breaker boy.

Meaning of breaker boy

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

Questions about breaker boys

What is breaker boys the plural of?
Breaker boys is the plural of breaker boy.

Words near breaker boys in the dictionary

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

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