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WIDOW MAKER

WIDOW MAKER
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a pneumatic drill of the kind used to tear up pavement. Construction companies call them this because of the mortality rate of workers assigned to them on construction projects. It requires a lot of leaning on these great, big "widow maker" pneumatic drills and blasting powder and it's a very violent activity. - Study and Education (13 Aug. 64) a pneumatic drill of the kind used to tear up pavement. Construction companies call them this because of the mortality rate of workers assigned to them on construction projects.