: 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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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
During alerts, residents can reduce pressure on the sewer system — and help prevent flooding — by limiting showers, delaying running the dishwasher and avoiding doing laundry.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
With each new building taking care of its own runoff, and these two huge tanks behind us picking up the slack, the Gowanus Canal would be spared the putrid mix of sewage, rainwater, and gutter swill that pours into it whenever the city’s combined sewer system is overwhelmed.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 June 2025
Pump stations that move wastewater to the city’s sewer system failed last year, which city officials said contributed to flooding in neighborhoods that didn’t expect any.
—Colleen Wright, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Storing rainwater on the surface makes more sense than expanding the sewer system, says Jan Rasmussen, director of climate adaptation for the city of Copenhagen.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
During alerts, residents can reduce pressure on the sewer system — and help prevent flooding — by limiting showers, delaying running the dishwasher and avoiding doing laundry.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
With each new building taking care of its own runoff, and these two huge tanks behind us picking up the slack, the Gowanus Canal would be spared the putrid mix of sewage, rainwater, and gutter swill that pours into it whenever the city’s combined sewer system is overwhelmed.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 June 2025
Pump stations that move wastewater to the city’s sewer system failed last year, which city officials said contributed to flooding in neighborhoods that didn’t expect any.
—Colleen Wright, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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