ball-breaker, ball-buster

ball-breaker, ball-buster
n
a.
a very aggressive, dominant or demanding woman
b.
an excessively hard taskmaster or martinet
c.
an exhausting, demanding task.
Compare ball-tearer
All these terms were adopted in Britain and Australia in the 1970s from American usage.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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