: 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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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
The one-time fees collected from developers help pay for infrastructure like new roads, water and sewer utilities, schools, parks, libraries and emergency services.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
The Board of Directors will consider an ordinance suspending the sewer rate increase for the town of Arkoma for 21 days while the two municipalities try to work out an...
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—Randal Seyler, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
The utilities were then reinstalled within a few weeks, including water, sewer, and power.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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The rent, which includes water, sewer, trash and gas will be: $730 for a studio, $755 for a large studio, $855 for a one bedroom apartment and $965 for a two bedroom apartment.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
The one-time fees collected from developers help pay for infrastructure like new roads, water and sewer utilities, schools, parks, libraries and emergency services.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
The Board of Directors will consider an ordinance suspending the sewer rate increase for the town of Arkoma for 21 days while the two municipalities try to work out an...
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—Randal Seyler, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2025
The utilities were then reinstalled within a few weeks, including water, sewer, and power.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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