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backbreaking - 2 dictionary results

back⋅break⋅ing

  [bak-brey-king]
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–adjective
demanding great effort, endurance, etc.; exhausting: a backbreaking job.
Also, back-breaking.

Origin:
1780–90; back 1 + break + -ing 2

Related forms:
backbreaker, noun
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back·break·ing   (bāk'brā'kĭng)   
adj.  Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.
back'break'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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