"shipbreaker" meaning in All languages combined

See shipbreaker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shipbreakers [plural]
Etymology: From ship + breaker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ship|breaker}} ship + breaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} shipbreaker (plural shipbreakers)
  1. One who works in shipbreaking. Synonyms: ship-breaker Coordinate_terms: the breakers
    Sense id: en-shipbreaker-en-noun-m2t5O5Vn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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