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rod-buster

rod-buster
 n.— Â«Her husband pitched in at the beginning to help her struggling business but kept his $40,000-a-year job as a union “rod-buster” to keep the family going.» â€”“A Modern Mobile Profession: Making Spot Spotless” by Lonn Johnston Los Angeles Times Dec. 25, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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