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Derrick
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derrick: see crane crane, hoisting machine for lifting heavy loads and transferring them from one place to another, ordinarily over distances of not more than 200 ft (60 m). Cranes have a long reach and can lift loads to great heights.
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Derrick
famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170]
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