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n. - Someone who seals seams and joints to make them watertight.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Phrynus stopped the caulker, “I thought there was treasure.”
  • Stu the magnificent caulker had left a thumb sized clump in the middle of the top.
  • The caulker spat and made a sign invoking luck, Those two women, Helenais and Lemaxis.
  • Something stirred, the memory of the two women off-loading and the words of the caulker and his own reaction.
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  • The "caulker" (person who makes things watertight) and the "corker" (person who corks bottles) have some traits in common.
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