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1. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
   - sewerage, cloaca
    
2. Someone who sews
   "a sewer of fine gowns"
    
3. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   "all that work went down the sewer"
   - gutter, toilet

Sounds like: sower

Derived forms: sewers

See also: sew

Type of: bad luck, drain, drainpipe, ill luck, misfortune, needleworker, tough luck, waste pipe

Part of: sewage system, sewage works, sewer system

Encyclopedia: Sewer