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Pavior N Paving Stone Person Lays William Millington

Word pavior
Definition n. A paving stone; a person who lays such stones.
Sentence William Millington, a millwright-bassoonist, compiled a collective biography of minor Lancashire musical celebrities...including...a butcher, pavior, tailor...and gravestone letterer.
Source The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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