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cloudscraper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From cloud + -scraper.

Meanings

1. A very tall building; a skyscraper.
   • Hogg turned to look at Daniel. "Lad," he said quietly, "I didn't try to wrap you in gauze, you know that. But I wouldn't have let you try to fly from the top of a cloudscraper pine either." "Now, it's not as bad as that, Hogg," 2012, David Drake, The Road of Danger:
   • The journey was soon over, as the car broke away from the main route, and turned towards the nearest cloudscraper. 2016, Alexander Lawes, Ring of Stones: Portal to Another World:
   • Milord Lucyd's cloudscraper, the Villa de Reve: Traitor. Regim crouched behind the garden wall of the aetherist's cloudscraper and watched him approach. 1999, Lisa Mason, Pangaea: Imperium Without End:

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