Definition of Sewer

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Definition of Sewer

Sewer

One who sews, or stitches.

A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.

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Sewer Quotations

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.
Wilson Mizner

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks

The sea is the universal sewer.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
John Madden

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.
William S. Burroughs

And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
Laura Prepon

Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Tom Lehrer

As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts.
Theo Van Gogh

The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.
Florynce R. Kennedy

Rigging a loudspeaker and a microphone at both ends of a sewer pipe.
Leonard Chess

Sewer Translations

sewer in Dutch is zinkput, cloaca, riool
sewer in German is Kanalisationsrohr
sewer in Spanish is cloaca

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