"ball-breaker" meaning in English

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        "(US, idiomatic, vulgar) A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing."
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          "word": "ball-buster"
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          "sense": "Something or someone annoying",
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          "word": "casse-couilles"
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          "sense": "Something or someone annoying",
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          "word": "rompiballe"
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          "sense": "Something or someone annoying",
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          "sense": "Something or someone annoying",
          "word": "kuku raho"
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      "word": "brise-burnes"
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      "word": "σπασαρχίδης"
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  "word": "ball-breaker"
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