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Earthscraper

//ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper.

    "By Vox! We went down all right. Spacious rooms were here piled one upon another connected by wide staircases. This subterranean temple was rather like an inverted skyscraper, an earthscraper, perhaps."

  2. 2
    Synonym of bellyscraper (“a piece of heavy equipment”).

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earth + -scraper.

Etymology 2

Compound of earth + scraper.

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