paviour
US pavior
/ (ˈpeɪvjə) /
a person who lays paving
a machine for ramming down paving
material used for paving
Origin of paviour
1Words Nearby paviour
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How to use paviour in a sentence
He was just over six feet high, with the shoulders of a paviour and the heart and lung capacity of a diver.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver OnionsThe question of the war with England is debated by every native paviour and hodman of New York.
North America, Volume I (of 2) | Anthony TrollopeAs he adopted the phrase with a parental fondness, the father was called the “paviour.”
Rattlin the Reefer | Edward HowardChihun thumped Moti Guj's bald head as a paviour thumps a kerbstone.
Life's Handicap | Rudyard KiplingBut it is obvious that the paviour in a field hops the clod; that the clodhopper in a street paces the pavé.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) | John Wilson
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