hewers of wood and drawers of water
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Said he: "We cannot and will not remain merely hewers of wood and drawers of water."
From Time Magazine Archive
We've always been hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looking, unmoved, unhearing, upon the bitter struggles of the weak, the ignorant, the unskilled, the gross hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
The working people must no longer be hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph
All this may be true; still, is it not a curse to be hewers of wood and drawers of water?
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah
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