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back-breaker
back-breaker n.
Brit. 
/ˈbakˌbreɪkə/
, /ˈbakˌbreɪkə/U.S. /ˈbækˌbreɪkər/
(a) the leader of a gang of farm-labourers; (b) a back-breaking task, etc. (cf. back n.1 24a and 1b); also in extended use./ˈbækˌbreɪkər/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > overseer
grieve1513
granger1582
fieldsman1750
capataz1826
back-breaker1867
madrich1944
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or laboriousness > a difficult or laborious task
travailc1350
labour of Hercules?a1475
task1597
punisher1827
back-breaker1867
bashing1940
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ship's pumps
burr-pump1627
bilge-pump1866
back-breaker1867
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
castc1400
trip1412
fall?a1425
foil1553
collar1581
lock1598
faulx1602
fore-hip1602
forward1602
inturn1602
mare1602
hug1617
disembracement1663
buttock1688
throw1698
back-lock1713
cross-buttock1713
flying horse1713
in holds1713
buttocker1823
chip1823
dogfall1823
cross-buttocker1827
hitch1834
bear hug1837
backfall1838
stop1840
armlock1841
side hug1842
click1846
catch-hold1849
back-breaker1867
back-click1867
snap1868
hank1870
nelson1873
headlock1876
chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
hip lock1888
heave1889
strangle1890
pinfall1894
strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
scissor hold1897
body slam1899
scissors hold1899
armbar1901
body scissors1903
scissors grip1904
waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
whip1958
Boston crab1961
grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1867 People's Mag. 4 May 314/2 He selects one of his gang as back-breaker.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Back breaker, a task requiring excessive exertion.
1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 5 Backbreakers, old-fashioned ship's pumps.
1962 Spectator 13 Apr. 480 I don't fancy the back-breaker or the pile-driver [in wrestling].
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