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/rˈɛkər/ Listen

noun

Wrecker n.

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically:

(a)

One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder.

(b)

One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West.

A vessel employed by wreckers.

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Etymology of 'Wrecker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wrecker" Quotes from Famous Books

... a wreck," grinned the trainman. "An' you've got all the time you want. We're a-goin' to pull in on the sidin' an' let the wrecker an' bridge crew at it. But even with 'em a-workin' from both ends it'll be tomorrow sometime 'fore they c'n get them box cars drug out an' a temp'ry ...

— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx

... not for awhile, but looking round, He wondered much to see the place so fair, Because, unlike the castle above ground, No pillager or wrecker had been there; It seemed that time had passed on otherwhere, Nor laid a finger on this hidden place, Rich with the wealth of ...

— The Earthly Paradise - A Poem • William Morris

... on it somehow and staying there, in company with other people's babies whom they didn't know, and celebrities whom they knew to death, until, one by one, they either stranded upon a motherly dowager by the Fire-Place Shoals, or were rescued from the Sofa Reef by some gallant wrecker of a strong-minded young lady, with a view of taking salvage out ...

— A Brace Of Boys - 1867, From "Little Brother" • Fitz Hugh Ludlow

... showed high abilities in other arts, as a 'soundser' and wrecker he was not to be matched. He brought to the first of these pursuits a clearness of observation which would have met the approbation of many an acknowledged man of science. He knew every sort of food which bird and fish fed upon, where it was to be ...

— Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... close and do the telegraphing for them, he would see that I was properly rewarded. Then I told him about where I was, but promised to hold on as long as I could, but for him to be sure and send out some more wire and a pair of climbers on the wrecker. After waiting about an hour the wrecker arrived, and with it the doctors; so our anxiety was relieved, the wounded taken care of, and a decent wrecking office ...

— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

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