rodbuster

rodbuster
 n.β€” Β«There are 98 men and two women on the jobβ€”carpenters, ironworkers (“rodbusters,” they are called), laborers and some others.Β» β€”β€œCrew adores Rincon tower but can’t afford to live there” by Carl Nolte San Francisco Chronicle (California) Aug. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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