scrapper

Example Sentences

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A scrapper, fighter, hustler and striver, Inez — portrayed by Taylor in a fierce, career-defining turn — will not back down when it comes to the son she insists on fighting for.

From Washington Post

Vera confesses that from then on, “the only folks I could ever care about would be fellow scrappers.”

From Washington Post

“I like guys that battle. When you play a normal season, 82 games, if you don’t have scrappers and grinders, January and February become very difficult, and you need guys like him.”

From Seattle Times

In the 1980s, Kruse recalls, scrappers bought about a third of all rigs sold at auction.

From Reuters

A half-century in the industry, Field is still a scrapper.

From Washington Post