: 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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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
Only four of those corresponded with overflows from the city’s sewer system during heavy rains in mid-July, when fecal matter was released into local waterways, posing a health risk to kayakers, rowers and anglers.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
They were thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, complete with parks, schools, shops and sewer systems.
—Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority recently found a 200-foot-long fracture in the ceiling of a sewer tunnel next to Rock Creek.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 12 May 2025
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The future trash depot, which currently consists of two administrative buildings and a gravel lot, relies on a septic system and will need to be connected to the city’s sanitary sewer system, said Tia Anderson, a city planner and project manager.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
Only four of those corresponded with overflows from the city’s sewer system during heavy rains in mid-July, when fecal matter was released into local waterways, posing a health risk to kayakers, rowers and anglers.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
They were thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, complete with parks, schools, shops and sewer systems.
—Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority recently found a 200-foot-long fracture in the ceiling of a sewer tunnel next to Rock Creek.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 12 May 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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