cloudscraper
nounUS /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/ · UK /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology From cloud + -scraper.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A very tall building; a skyscraper.
- 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:
- 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:
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- 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: