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pavior

[ peyv-yer ]

noun

  1. a person that paves; paver.
  2. a material used for paving.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pavior1

1375–1425; alteration of late Middle English pavier; pave, -ier 1
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For thee the sturdy pavior thumps the ground, Whilst every stroke his labouring lungs resound.”

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We had nothing for it but to get out and to walk past the paviors who had taken possession of it.

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The ox-driver in the fields, the pavior in the city streets, the laborer on the railroad, the lumberer in the woods, the girl in the factory, each has a claim on him.

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Pikes, lances, spits, masons' hammers, paviors' crowbars, kitchen utensils,—their equipment is oddity itself.

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Who wants a wheel to break a butterfly upon; or, to crush a worm who calls for a pavior's rammer?

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