spiderman

British

/ ˈspaɪdəˌmæn /

noun

a person who erects the steel structure of a building
another name for a steeplejack

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What would the spiderman do in this emergency?

From The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The spiderman is busy from morning to night with his spiders.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett

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