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   sewer

   /ˈsuːə/

   noun

   • 1. an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a watercourse to drain marshy land): from Old Northern French seuwiere ‘channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aqua ‘water’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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