"car breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: car breakers [plural]
Etymology: From car + breaker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|car|breaker}} car + breaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} car breaker (plural car breakers)
  1. (UK, Commonwealth) One who works in car breaking. Tags: Commonwealth, UK Hypernyms: breaker, salvager, salvor, scrapper, scrap dealer, junkman Related terms: the breakers Coordinate_terms: shipbreaker

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