: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting
: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)
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Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Approved extending water and sewer lines to the convenience store property.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025
The Chicago River was at one time an open sewer that spread cholera and typhoid in the 19th century, according to event organizers.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
The wastewater spill comes on the heels of August's historic flood event, which generated the largest sewer overflow since the Deep Tunnel was installed in the early 1990s.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Another group of kids resolves to find out what happened to their missing classmate, which leads them inevitably to the town's sewers.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Approved extending water and sewer lines to the convenience store property.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025
The Chicago River was at one time an open sewer that spread cholera and typhoid in the 19th century, according to event organizers.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
The wastewater spill comes on the heels of August's historic flood event, which generated the largest sewer overflow since the Deep Tunnel was installed in the early 1990s.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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