noun
- tasks or jobs that require extremely hard physical labor or are exhaustingly difficult
Usage: informal; plural form
Examples
- Moving all those heavy boxes up three flights of stairs was one of the worst backbreakers I’ve ever done.
- The construction crew complained that digging the foundation by hand would be a series of backbreakers.
- Farm work includes many backbreakers like hauling hay bales and plowing fields.
- She avoided the backbreakers and chose easier chores around the house.
- The coach warned the team that tomorrow’s training sessions would be real backbreakers.
- Loading trucks all day is one of those backbreakers that leaves you exhausted.