wellsinker

Definitions

Uncommon spelling of well sinker.

alt-of, uncommon

Examples

“It may be some particular set⟳ of workmen—brickmakers, wellsinkers, and others, who are the ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ in our locality, but who, unlike the Nethinim of old, cannot be said to have⟳ anything to do with the congregation of the Lord.”

“If I contract with a wellsinker to sink⟳ a well in my field I am under no duty to provide⟳ for the safety of his workmen.”

“The name⟳, however, is of wide import, and is applied to masons, bricklayers, plasterers, wellsinkers, field-labourers, roadmakers, and labourers of every kind.”

“With several other wellsinkers, he advertised in 1850 that he would sink⟳ wells at one dollar a foot, and guaranteed a supply⟳ of good water.”

“It was sunk in such an odd place⟳ one can only suppose⟳ the wellsinker was fooled by his divining rod.”

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