Definition of "sewer" []

• An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater. (noun)
• A medieval servant who supervised the serving of meals. (noun)
• One that sews: a sewer of fine clothing. (noun)

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• "Or, if the sewer pipes in the walls of the house, or in the ground under the cellar, are not properly trapped and guarded, _sewer gas_ may escape into the house from them, and this also is most unwholesome, and even dangerous."
• "Sometimes it is just trash, though, gathered along the curbside or stuffed in sewer grates."
• "Water/sewer is different in each "zona" -- I live in the high-rate zone."