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  • noun Plural form of wall-pecker.

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Examples

  • "Mauerspecht" wall-peckers armed with hammers and chisels got souvenir chips and bulldozers did the rest, turning it into gravel and developing the prime real estate.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • ­ (wall-peckers) chipped off small pieces, eventually making holes big enough to walk through.

    The Guardian World News Germaine Greer 2010

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