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ball–breaker
noun
ball–break·er
variants: less commonly
ball breaker
Definition of ball–breaker
ball–breakers
alsoball breakers
1 : skull cracker
2 informal + sometimes offensive : ballbuster When he was sober, he was an okay guy, but when he'd had a few too many Pabst Blue Ribbons, he was a major ball breaker. — James O. Born, Field of Fire, 2007
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Circa 1906
First Known Use of ball–breaker
circa 1906
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