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STEEPLEJACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does steeplejack mean?
• STEEPLEJACK (noun)
The noun STEEPLEJACK has 1 sense:
1. someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
Familiarity information: STEEPLEJACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("steeplejack" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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