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caulker

or calk·er

[ kaw-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
  2. a caulking tool or device.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of caulker1

First recorded in 1485–95; caulk + -er 1

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Example Sentences

When a man's cold and tired, and hungry, and down on his luck as well, a good caulker of grog don't do him no harm to speak of.

The earliest caulker on record is Noah, who pitched his ark within and without with pitch.

He had, as I guessed, first swallowed the raw caulker from the rum decanter, and then sent down the lemonade to take care of it.

I waited some minutes, bursting with impatience and anxiety, during which242 I heard him hammering away like a caulker.

She's a caulker, Sissie is; you don't take a rise out of Sissie in a hurry.

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