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SHIP-BREAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ship-breaker mean?
• SHIP-BREAKER (noun)
The noun SHIP-BREAKER has 1 sense:
1. a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
Familiarity information: SHIP-BREAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ship-breaker" is a kind of...):
contractor (someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things)
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"What goes around comes around." (English proverb)
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy." (Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy." (Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)