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Synonyms for sewer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : soo-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsu ər

Définition of sewer

Origin :
  • c.1400, "conduit," from Anglo-French sewere, Old North French sewiere "sluice from a pond" (13c.), literally "something that makes water flow," from shortened form of Gallo-Romance *exaquaria (cf. Middle French esseveur), from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water," from aqua "water" (see aqua-).
  • Specifically of underground channels for wastewater from c.1600; figurative use of this is from 1640s.
  • noun drain
Example sentences :
  • You'll work another period, sewer rat, if I have to prop you up!
  • Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
  • We want a sewer here, a bridge there, a lamp-post or a hydrant yonder.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • I never saw the head, and he told me that he threw it into a sewer.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
  • The influence of sewer air was ruled out because there were no sewers.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • At the other end of the table, the Sewer, Cup-bearer, and Carver.
  • Extract from : « Christmas: Its Origin and Associations » by William Francis Dawson
  • It's like drinking wine out of a gold cup that has been washed in a sewer.'
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • With a low cry the surgeon jumped down a sewer and was seen no more.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • He dropped out of sight, like a nickel that rolls down a sewer openin'.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • Incapable of further mischief it lies in the sewer, lifeless and despised.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • "I will drop it in some ash-can or down some sewer on the way to the office," she said to herself.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various

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