One who hews. hewers of wood and drawers of water: labourers of the lowest kind; drudges. (From Joshua ix. 21.)
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > collectively (4) hewers of wood and drawers of water1535 One who hews. hewers of wood and drawers of water: labourers of the lowest kind; drudges. (From Joshua ix. 21.) labouring class1753 (frequently in plural) = working class, n. volk1882 South African. Among Afrikaans-speakers: black or Coloured (coloured, adj. 3d) farm workers. wananchi1965 With plural agreement. The masses, the people; the general public. Cf. mwananchi, n. |
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