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.

Origin of caulker

1
First recorded in 1485–95; caulk + -er1

Words Nearby caulker

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How to use caulker in a sentence

  • 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.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • 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.

    Hilda Wade | Grant Allen