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Noun Concept
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ball-buster  ball-breaker
EN
A job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing WordNet 3.0
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A job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing. Wiktionary
Something or someone annoying. Wiktionary (translation)
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Vietnam was a ball-breaker WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker! Wiktionary
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job
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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ball-buster, ball-breaker
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ball-breaker

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