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Skyscraper   Listen
noun
Skyscraper  n.  
1.
(Naut.) (1) A skysail of a triangular form. (Rare) (2) A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. (Obs.)
2.
A very tall building, especially one over 20 stories high.
3.
Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. (Slang or Colloq.)





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"Skyscraper" Quotes from Famous Books



... you like to know?" Fay retorted. He grinned, twitched jumpingly, held still a moment, then hustled over to the far wall. "Look out there," he rapped, pointing through the violet glass at a gap between the two nearest old skyscraper apartments. "In thirty seconds you'll see them test the new needle bomb at the other end of Lake Erie. It's educational." He began to count off seconds, vigorously semaphoring his arm. "... Two ... three ... Gussy, I've put through a voucher ...
— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber


Words linked to "Skyscraper" :   Sears Tower, edifice, building, WTC, twin towers


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