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Etymology
caulk + -er
Noun
caulker (plural caulkers)
- A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 117:He was one of the best caulkers around.
- A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
- (slang, archaic) An alcoholic drink; a dram.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:“Will you taste, messmate?” he asked; and when I had refused: “Well, I’ll take a dram myself, Jim,” said he. “I need a caulker, for there’s trouble on hand. And talking o’ trouble, why did that doctor give me the chart, Jim?”
- (informal) Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”).
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A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping
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