rod buster
n.— «Former world’s welterweight boxing champion, Fritzie Zivic of Pittsburgh now is a “rod buster” for the Penn Southern Construction Company.» —Hammond Times (Indiana) June 3, 1952. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
rod buster
n.— «Former world’s welterweight boxing champion, Fritzie Zivic of Pittsburgh now is a “rod buster” for the Penn Southern Construction Company.» —Hammond Times (Indiana) June 3, 1952. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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