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sewer

se·wer

UK/ˈsəʊə/ US/ˈsoʊɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

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2.

someone who sews

  • “a sewer of fine gowns”
3.

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

  • “his career was in the gutter”
  • “all that work went down the sewer”
  • “pensions are in the toilet”
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Origin

From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.

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