wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
waker
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a word derived from
wake.
Example Sentences
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In every plume that on her body sticks,— A thing in deed much marvelous to hear,— As many waker eyes lurk underneath, So many mouths to speak, and listening ears.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
If "the waker" came for the second time, then the feet also were threatened with temporary paralysis.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
The tree-covered wharves and the typical Dutch crowds, the dog-drawn little carts and the "morning waker," are all there.
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
“Seventy-five years ago my father had a little German machine,” Tobias said, “called the ‘life waker.’
From The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women by Sydney Blanshard Flower
In Holland the housekeeper buys her milk from a little dog-drawn cart and can be waked at three in the morning, without fail, by leaving an order the night before with the "morning waker."
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
