sandsucker

English

Etymology

sand +‎ sucker

Noun

sandsucker (plural sandsuckers)

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