Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sandsucker en · NOUN

Etymology

From sand + sucker.

Meanings

  1. A barge that collected sand from the bottom of lakes, for use in metal founding.
    • " The sandsuckers did not lack for funds, however. 1988 October 7, Harold Henderson, “Saved Form^([sic]) the Sandsuckers”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sandsuckers Number=Plur lexicographic