"wall-pecker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall-peckers [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Mauerspecht (“"wall-woodpecker"”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} wall-pecker (plural wall-peckers)
  1. A person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
    Sense id: en-wall-pecker-en-noun-UNCXdbIg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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