rod-buster
n.— «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.» —“A Modern Mobile Profession: Making Spot Spotless” by Lonn Johnston Los Angeles Times Dec. 25, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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