Ball-buster

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of ball-breaker. US, vulgar
  2. 2
    a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing wordnet
  3. 3
    a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence wordnet

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ball-breaker

Etymology

Unknown. By surface analysis, ball + buster. Possibly derived from Yiddish בעל־הביתטע (baleboste, “mistress, lady of the house”), in which case synonyms like ball-breaker and ball-wracker may be secondary derivations. See also Beelzebub for connotations of the same supposed first element. Any deverbal formation conflated with back-breaking may have reinforced the native development.

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