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caulkers

caulkers is the plural of caulker.

Meaning of caulker

Noun (1)

caulker (plural caulkers)

  1. A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
    • He was one of the best caulkers around.2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 117
  2. A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
  3. (archaic, slang) An alcoholic drink; a dram.
    • “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?”1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Noun (2)

caulker (plural caulkers)

  1. A lime kiln.

Questions about caulkers

What is caulkers the plural of?
Caulkers is the plural of caulker.

Words near caulkers in the dictionary

  1. caulked
  2. caulked off
  3. caulken
  4. caulkens
  5. caulker
  6. caulkers
  7. caulkhead
  8. caulkheads
  9. caulkin
  10. caulking
  11. caulking gun

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