landscraper
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1VERB + LANDSCRAPER
building, single-minded
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noun
A building with a very large horizontal footprint; a horizontal megastructure.
But the super structure already has been panned by local author and architectural critic James Howard Kunstler, who has called the building a "landscraper" the size of an aircraft carrier, and compared it unfavorably to a "gigantic brick Yule log" and Darth Vader's mask.
noun
A piece of heavy equipment used to move earth.
"We caught them using a lot of heavy equipment — big landscrapers were moving out tons of dirt," said Marlene Stephens, of Don't Waste Arizona, a coalition of Arizona environmental groups fighting the toxic waste complex.
A gardener or gardener.
"I loved flowers, too, and grew up in a garden, but it didn't make me single-minded or a landscraper. . . ."
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3But the super structure already has been panned by local author and architectural critic James Howard Kunstler, who has called the building a "landscraper" the size of an aircraft carrier, and compare
Wiktionary"We caught them using a lot of heavy equipment — big landscrapers were moving out tons of dirt," said Marlene Stephens, of Don't Waste Arizona, a coalition of Arizona environmental groups fighting the
Wiktionary"I loved flowers, too, and grew up in a garden, but it didn't make me single-minded or a landscraper. . . ."
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