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- noun Plural form of
widow-maker .
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Examples
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These are called widow-makers by lumberjacks because of the explosive energy in the sprung trunk, coiled to kick back and fling the saw in your face or just knock you flat.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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These are called widow-makers by lumberjacks because of the explosive energy in the sprung trunk, coiled to kick back and fling the saw in your face or just knock you flat.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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While It's All About the Bike lacks an obvious cliffhanger ending, – the biggest nail-biter is what colour Penn paints the frame – it is particularly strong on the history of cycling, placing Penn's bike within the context of the draisines, dandy horses, boneshakers and widow-makers that have gone before.
It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Robert Penn 2010
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He was proud to say that he and his crew cut up and hauled away 137 “widow-makers” in less than four weeks.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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He was proud to say that he and his crew cut up and hauled away 137 “widow-makers” in less than four weeks.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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And there are huge pieces of concrete hanging from rebar that they call widow-makers because they can drop on top of them.
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