: 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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Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Boise residents now have a new way to pay their sewer, trash and geothermal heating bills.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
The school said the building’s foundation was settling in a way that could affect boiler and sewer lines, which could render the building uninhabitable with minimum notice.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2026
Roads, bridges and sewer systems now need constant repair, and school districts are facing the cost of keeping classrooms safe and usable during long stretches of extreme heat.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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The melter sits over a sewer line, idling while heating the snow to thirty-eight degrees, barely above freezing, and drips the water directly into a drain.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Boise residents now have a new way to pay their sewer, trash and geothermal heating bills.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
The school said the building’s foundation was settling in a way that could affect boiler and sewer lines, which could render the building uninhabitable with minimum notice.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2026
Roads, bridges and sewer systems now need constant repair, and school districts are facing the cost of keeping classrooms safe and usable during long stretches of extreme heat.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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