: 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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Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
That could mean lower water and sewer rate increases than previously expected.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
The Thames Tideway Tunnel connects to London's existing 150-year-old sewer system at multiple points, boosting capacity.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Ohio's first Buc-ee's initially ran into trouble in November 2024 after the company filed a petition in Clark County, blaming an ongoing legal dispute between the city of Huber Heights and Clark County over which party should provide sewer and water services to the future site, according to Fox 8.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Cool water is also useful for watering the garden or the lawn instead of draining the tank into the sewer.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
That could mean lower water and sewer rate increases than previously expected.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
The Thames Tideway Tunnel connects to London's existing 150-year-old sewer system at multiple points, boosting capacity.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Ohio's first Buc-ee's initially ran into trouble in November 2024 after the company filed a petition in Clark County, blaming an ongoing legal dispute between the city of Huber Heights and Clark County over which party should provide sewer and water services to the future site, according to Fox 8.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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