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wrecker 1. Chiefly US and Canadian a person whose job is to demolish buildings or dismantle cars 2. (formerly) a person who lures ships to destruction to plunder the wreckage 3. US and Canadian another word for tow truck How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Robert Stuart, however, set out in a canoe with five men and an interpreter, ferreted out the wreckers in their retreat, and succeeded in wrestling from them their booty. We remained here a week, were not ill-treated by the wreckers, and at length obtained a passage to New York. The four pushed side by side; the outer wall bulged, split, and fell, and the villagers, dumb with horror, saw the savage, clay-streaked heads of the wreckers in the ragged gap. |
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