Sewer (disambiguation)
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- A sewer is a pipe (or in former times sometimes an open channel) which transports wastewater from buildings to a treatment works.
- Metaphorical uses, such as "this city's downtown area is a sewer of gambling and prostitution"
- (Obsolete usage, for example in Shakespeare): A servant who tells guests where to sit at table: from French s'asseoir = "to sit"
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