Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who works in sewers.
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- noun A man who works in a
sewer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Every sewerman who felt the ground giving way beneath him began by flinging away his sack of tools, or his back-basket, or his hod.
Les Miserables 2008
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From time to time, a fainting sewerman was carried out.
Les Miserables 2008
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They give many names; among others, that of the sewerman who was swallowed up in a quagmire under the man-hole of the Rue Careme – Prenant, a certain Blaise Poutrain; this Blaise
Les Miserables 2008
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One hour's work of a sewerman would be worth, they say, two hours of a professor's work.
The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin
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At about the same time the sewerman in the bosom of his own family was taking loud and noisy sips from a big mug of tea.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle Edgar Wallace 1903
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From time to time, a fainting sewerman was carried out.
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They give many names; among others, that of the sewerman who was swallowed up in a quagmire under the man-hole of the Rue Careme-Prenant, a certain Blaise Poutrain; this Blaise Poutrain was the brother of Nicholas Poutrain, who was the last grave-digger of the cemetery called the Charnier des Innocents, in 1785, the epoch when that cemetery expired.
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Every sewerman who felt the ground giving way beneath him began by flinging away his sack of tools, or his back-basket, or his hod.
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From time to time, a fainting sewerman was carried out.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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They give many names; among others, that of the sewerman who was swallowed up in a quagmire under the man-hole of the Rue Careme-Prenant, a certain Blaise Poutrain; this
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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