scrapper
Example Sentences
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Yet the long-term forecasts are for copper prices to rise in order to sufficiently motivate miners, refiners and scrappers.
Guralnick’s new book is the story of an immigrant scrapper who became a kingmaker with his unerring instinct for the main chance.
From Los Angeles Times
Gawky and bespectacled but with the brio of a scrapper, Pearlman was dressed like a quintessential sports geek: black-and-yellow Pittsburgh Pirates hat and Pittsburgh Maulers shirt, the latter a long-gone professional football team.
From Los Angeles Times
Harris came across as a tough scrapper who could think on her feet and conceivably handle the rigors of the Oval Office.
From Los Angeles Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
