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• a variation of caulker.

calker

¹ American  

[kaw-ker] / ˈkɔ kər /

noun

1. caulker.

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calker ² American  

[kaw-ker] / ˈkɔ kər /

noun

1. calk.

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Etymology

Origin of calker

calk + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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calker

She was named Isabel, and married Master Andrea, a Greek calker, a few days after.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

No wan intherfered with thim; an' that didn't plaze Morgan Dempsey, who 'd served his time a calker in a ship-yard.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Dunne, Finley Peter

He was afraid to seek employment as a calker, lest spies from his master should be on the watch for him.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

An artistic calker had sculptured a wooden cray-fish climbing over the rudder.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

Isabel was married, after her baptism, to Maestre Andrés, a calker of the fleet.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander