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Slang | Noun. Source: In construction, a wrecking crew tears down buildings. Definition: Kids who monopolize the acid trade on the Phish and Greatful Dead lots. Context: When refering to a group of people rather than an individual. Social Source: Phish fans. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Wrecking Crew (1969) Wrecking Crew (1942) Fastest Wrecking Crew in the World (1897) Wrecking Crew (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
big blue wrecking crew | 24 |
wrecking crew | 17 |
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| Language | Translations for "WRECKING CREW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ремонтна бригада. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mentõosztag (rescue party, search party). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eckingwray ewcray бригада по сносу зданий. (various references) posada za spašavanje. (various references) kurtarma ekibi (rescue party). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-g-i-k-n-r-r-w-w" | |
-4 letters: crewneck, wrecking. | |
-5 letters: crewing, cringer, eccrine, generic, recking, reeking, wrecker, wringer. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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