a person who continues to work while other employees are on strike; a person who is employed to replace people who are on strike
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strike-breaking noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is strike-breaker a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, strike-breaker is tagged as noun.
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