Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crane placed on a portable tower and used in the construction of buildings to dispense with scaffolding.
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A federal agency hit three construction firms with penalties totaling $313,500 on Monday for alleged safety violations leading to a tower-crane collapse that killed seven people last March.
The Seattle Times 2008
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