underkeeper
- a word derived from keeper.
Example Sentences
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I hope that will be considered, Miss. I am sure if Tom had been an underkeeper, as Mr. Roberts once talked of, this would never have happened.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Am I my brother's keeper, or even his underkeeper?
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Cholmondeley, Mary
One was her father, another the underkeeper, and the third was a stranger.
From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
“Here, I ain’t going any further,” grumbled the underkeeper.
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank
