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Definition of Hewers
1. hewer [n] - See also: hewer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hewers
Literary usage of Hewers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chinese Immigration in Its Social and Economical Aspects by George Frederick Seward (1881)
"They are hewers of wood, and drawers of water. Testimony of Mr. Easterby, Mr.
Roberts, Mr. Smith, Mr. Olmsted, and Mr. Mellon. The demand for the Chinese ..."
2. The Modern Philosopher; Or Terrible Tractoration: In Four Cantos, Most by Thomas Green Fessenden (1806)
"... set some young apprentice hewers vided we were told that the fabricator of
these articles was a man of genius in obscurity, whose works must be brought ..."
3. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"... or Wood-hewers, which have the habits of our Creepers (Certhia), and use their
tail as a climbing-organ. All the members of this great family feed ..."
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