turncock
/ (ˈtɜːnˌkɒk) /
noun
(formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
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How to use turncock in a sentence
I laughed at the demise of the turncock, the Foreigner, the Beadle, and even the baby.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesThey watched him oil a turncock sunk in the ground between two furze-bushes.
Stalky & Co. | Rudyard Kipling
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