noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who demolishes old houses and salvages materials from them.
2. 2
   a wrecker of houses wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

housebreaker

Etymology

From house + wrecker.

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