Leg-breaker

Quick meaning: Leg-breaker is a noun meaning A person whose job is to break the legs of poultry in a food processing facility.

Meaning

A person whose job is to break the legs of poultry in a food processing facility.

More Meanings

1. (soccer) A tackle or other on-field maneuver capable of breaking a player's leg.
2. (cycling) A demanding bicycling competition or the course on which such a competition is held.
3. (cricket) A cricketer who bowls leg breaks.
4. (cricket) A leg break ball.
5. (chiefly US, slang) A violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization (e.g., a mafia, a loan shark).

Example Sentences

The thug was an acknowledged leg breaker, a shakedown artist, a peddler of violence.

For example, jobs described as meat wrapper or leg breaker would both be coded "butcher meat cutter."

Zoncolan is a fabled leg breaker of a 13.3km climb that is one of the toughest ascents ever included in a major stage race.

Armstrong is a leg-breaker, with eight fielders on the on-side. Probably he would do better if he bowled more at the wicket.

Word Forms

• leg-breakers
• legbreaker

Related Words

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