waker
- a word derived from wake.
Example Sentences
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There many waker than Anty Lynch, though few have had worse tratement to make them so.
From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Trollope, Anthony
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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Be then a waker, and rise quickly, and thank heartily thy Lord God, for the rest thou hast had, and for the care of angels.
From The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises by Hodgson, Geraldine Emma
Then the chamberlain felt a spasmodic pain in the forehead, which he knew very well, and which he used to call "the waker."
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
The dried waker is ground into powder between two stones; this, if boiled with a little gravy, produces a gelatinous and highly-flavoured soup.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
