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rodbusters

rodbusters is the plural of rodbuster.

Meaning of rodbuster

Noun

rodbuster (plural rodbusters)

  1. (slang) A concrete-reinforcing ironworker.
    • Present-day construction "stiffs" relish explanation of such nicknames as pile butt, rod buster, rust eater, tin knocker, and wood butcher, as well as tales about what these "hands" do.1993, Archie Green, Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes: Laborlore Explorations, page 4

Questions about rodbusters

What is rodbusters the plural of?
Rodbusters is the plural of rodbuster.

Words near rodbusters in the dictionary

  1. Rodarte
  2. Rodartes
  3. Rodborough
  4. Rodbourn
  5. rodbuster
  6. rodbusters
  7. Rodchenkov
  8. Rodchenkovs
  9. Rodd
  10. Rodd Point
  11. Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton

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