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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hewer/ˈhjuːə/

▶noun dated a person who hews something, especially a miner who cuts coal from a seam.

– phrases
hewers of wood and drawers of water menial drudges. [with biblical allusion to Josh. 9:21.]

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