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- noun Plural form of
backbreaker .
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Examples
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I was at the Leopardstown Races last night and was watch a group of photogs hacking around the course with two cameras armed with up to 600mm lenses (aka backbreakers) Sports photography has got to be one of the most physically challenging of photog disciplines - not sure I'd enjoy it.
iced coffee 2009
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` ` There were some backbreakers out there, Eddie House early on, then Ray Allen, '' Wade said.
USATODAY.com 2008
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I found a nearby chair-desk, one of the uncomfortable plastic and metal backbreakers they give you in high school, and sat down, useless as a child, feeling somehow reprimanded.
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Those offensive rebounds in the last minute or so were definitely backbreakers.
USATODAY.com 2004
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We had them backed up and they got some big plays that were backbreakers for us.
NCAA Division I College Football - Miami (Fla.) vs. West Virginia 2002
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"Those power plays are backbreakers," Modano said.
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We had them backed up and they got some big plays that were backbreakers for us.
NCAA Division I College Football - Miami (Fla.) vs. West Virginia 2002
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Just getting into one of those backbreakers took a certain amount of gymnastic skill, and the headroom was so small it was all but impossible to turn over.
Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994
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Claudia doesn't do backbreakers like Vega [in fact, KH has no air throws at all].
FAQ: Knuckle Heads Moves, Description and Strategy Guide by Bethany Cox 1993
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Those second-chance points that are backbreakers are a big part of their offense.
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