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Definition of "hewers" []

  • Plural form of hewer. (noun)

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Use "hewers" in a sentence
  • "It was former U.S. president Andrew Jackson who gave us the expression "hewers of wood and drawers of water," rich irony from a slave owner, unlikely to do either himself."
  • "Like it or not, Canadians still tend to be tagged with the "h" word, as in hewers of wood."
  • "In the first place he went to look up some of the older "hewers," men who had been for years in the employ of the Tressadys."