shipbreaker

Etymology

ship + breaker

noun

  1. One who works in shipbreaking.
    […] the L.M.S.R. has sold Queen Empress, Duchess of Rothesay, and Eagle III to a Dutch firm of shipbreakers. 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50

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