backbreaking
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backbreaking
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From back + breaking.
adjective more backbreaking · most backbreaking · back-breaking
- Of work, very physically tiring. A few keen enginemen, such as Driver Rosewarne of York, could coax good work out of them when engaged in heavy East Coast express service, but to most footplate crews, especially firemen, they were rather heartbreaking and backbreaking machines, and gradually were relegated to secondary or fast good
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adj of work, very physically tiring
| Français | éreintant |
|---|---|
| Italiano | estenuante, massacrante |
Talk about this word "backbreaking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/backbreaking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. backbreaking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/backbreaking "backbreaking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/backbreaking.Cite this
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title = {backbreaking},
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