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sky-scraping, a.
[sky n.1]
High enough to appear to touch the sky; hence, remarkably high or lofty.
1840Marryat Poor Jack i, He..saw my mother with her sky-scraping cap at the back of her head. 1884Chicago Daily Tribune 9 Mar. 19/1 The sky-scraping buildings that have been and will be erected down-town will never endanger human life, because they will only be occupied by people wide awake. 1891Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Nov., When entire streets are built with sky⁓scraping buildings. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 550 It [the mountain] revealed itself..from its surf-washed plinth to its sky-scraping summit. 1904N.Y. Even. Post 12 Mar. 10 (heading) Sky-scraping prices at last Brandus picture sale. 1905Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 123 What under the stars are you doing here, you sky-scraping chimney-sweep? 1961P. Fleming Bayonets to Lhasa xviii. 230 The force camped..less than a mile from the sky-scraping Potala. 1973Washington Post 13 Jan. c1/1 Man's most wondrous, skyscraping community, the 110-story Brobdingnagian shafts stand..at the western edge of Manhattan island. |