stonebreaker

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stonebreaker

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From stone + breaker.

noun stonebreakers · stone breaker · stone-breaker

  1. A labourer who breaks stone. In 1908, Argentinian stonebreakers went on what was to become the longest strike in the country’s history.
  2. A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

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@misc{stonebreaker_2026,
  title = {stonebreaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stonebreaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}