Etymology
Origin of caulker
Example Sentences
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The leading official at Toulon had no more idea where the fleet and army of France had gone than the humblest caulker in the yard.
From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
From lack of evidence he was soon released, and was then sent to Hugh Auld in Baltimore, where he was apprenticed as a ship caulker.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
"Ambrose Dixon, a caulker by profession," "often in question for his Quaking profession," "a prater of nonsense," "stands arrested, and the broad arrow at his door, but bids defiance."
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
So they make preparations to build the fortress, with provision of bread and wine for more than a year, with seeds for sowing, the ship’s boat, a caulker and carpenter, a gunner and cooper.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.
Poor slipshod giddy Pegasus Was but a sorry walker; To Vulcan then Apollo goes, To get a frosty caulker.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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