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ship-breaker

ship-breaker is the alternative spelling of shipbreaker.

Meaning of shipbreaker

Noun

shipbreaker (plural shipbreakers)

  1. One who works in shipbreaking.
    • […] the L.M.S.R. has sold Queen Empress, Duchess of Rothesay, and Eagle III to a Dutch firm of shipbreakers.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50

Forms of ship-breaker

pluralship-breakers

Questions about ship-breaker

What is ship-breaker the alternative spelling of?
Ship-breaker is the alternative spelling of shipbreaker.

Words near ship-breaker in the dictionary

  1. ship's days
  2. ship's husband
  3. ship's wheel
  4. ship's wheels
  5. ship, shipmate, self
  6. ship-breaker
  7. ship-builder
  8. ship-builders
  9. ship-building
  10. ship-buildings
  11. ship-fever

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