shipbreaker

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English

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Etymology

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From ship +‎ breaker.

Noun

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shipbreaker (plural shipbreakers)

  1. One who works in shipbreaking.
    • 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50:
      [] 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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