Definition of "calker" []

• One who calks. (noun)
• A calk on a shoe. (noun)

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• "Learning that my trade was that of a calker, he promptly decided that the best place for me was in New Bedford, Mass."
• "It was imparted to me by a calker, who owned a woolly French poodle, which remarkable animal, he informed me, used to swim out regularly once a week, -- on"
• "In the fort it was decided to leave about forty men "with a provision of bread and wine for more than a year, seed for planting, the long boat of the ship, a calker, a carpenter, a gunner, and many other persons who have earnestly desired to serve your Highnesses and oblige me by remaining here and searching for the gold mine.""