hewers of wood and drawers of water
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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We've always been hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said he: "We cannot and will not remain merely hewers of wood and drawers of water."
From Time Magazine Archive
What a fall was there! the gospel of hope and joy was brought to the children of Gibeon, the hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From The Master-Knot of Human Fate by Ellis Meredith
In a word, the people found that without a pretext of justice, they were forced to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for a chosen few.
From Mary Wollstonecraft by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
These he compelled to be his hewers of wood and drawers of water.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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