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trastevere | 12:53 Tue 19th Jan 2010 | Crosswords
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27d Old butler dropping second jug (4)E_ER EWER but need a reference butler/sewer before I'm 100%
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A sewer was a butler/ officer in the Royal Household
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Thanks K,

I've learnt something today. Nothing to do with needles and cotton.

The old name " sewer," for a table attendant who placed and removed the dishes from the table, acted as waiter, &c., must be distinguished . In the See also:HOUSEHOLD, ROYALhousehold ordinances of See also:EDWARDEdward II. the word seems to appear in the See also:FORM (Lat. forma)form asseour, and in those of Edward IV. as assewer, an officer of the household who superintended the serving of a banquet . Asseour represents O . Fr. asseoir, to seat, set, Lat. assidere . The word was See also:EARLYEARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)early connected with " sewe " or sew," juice, broth, pottage, cognate with sucus, juice .


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Hi trastevere.

After a lifetime of doing crosswords I knew that sewer was clued as butler but hadn't bothered to research further.
Thanks for your explanations - very interesting.

Cheers K

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