pavior
Americannoun
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a person that paves; paver.
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a material used for paving.
Etymology
Origin of pavior
1375–1425; alteration of late Middle English pavier; see pave, -ier 1
Example Sentences
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"So it is, and the gentleman was in body a rather weakly man, but, for all that, I say again, the pavior undertook something above his strength."
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
She thumped like a pavior through the settling ashes at the secret thrill of it.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
The hero of the affair was an Irishman, named Baker, who relieved the monotony of his work as a master pavior by acting Sir John Falstaff and other parts.
From The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins
The question of the war with England is debated by every native pavior and hodman of New York.
From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope
As bad luck would have it, there was trouble near, between a gentleman who had been drinking wine, and a pavior who was sober.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
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