- a variation of caulker.
calker
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calker
Example Sentences
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Isabel was married, after her baptism, to Maestre Andrés, a calker of the fleet.
An artistic calker had sculptured a wooden cray-fish climbing over the rudder.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
It was new, hard, and dirty work, even for a calker, but I went at it with a glad heart and a willing hand.
From My Bondage and My Freedom by Douglass, Frederick
The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker, took their pay in shares.
From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
I told him I was a calker, and should like to go where I could get work.
From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Douglass, Frederick
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