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wall-pecker

wall-pecker noun: a person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Noun

wall-pecker (plural wall-peckers)

  1. A person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Forms of wall-pecker

pluralwall-peckers

Origin of wall-pecker

Calque of German Mauerspecht (literally “wall-woodpecker”).

Questions about wall-pecker

What does wall-pecker mean?
Wall-pecker means a person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
What part of speech is wall-pecker?
Wall-pecker is a noun.
What is the plural of wall-pecker?
The plural of wall-pecker is wall-peckers.

Words near wall-pecker in the dictionary

  1. wall-painting
  2. wall-paintings
  3. wall-paper
  4. wall-paperer
  5. wall-papers
  6. wall-pecker
  7. wall-peckers
  8. wall-rocket
  9. wall-rockets
  10. wall-shade
  11. wall-shades

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