sandsucker

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noun

A barge that collected sand from the bottom of lakes, for use in metal founding.

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Meanings

nounsandsucker (plural sandsuckers)

plural sandsuckers

  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

Origin

From sand + sucker.

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Cite this entry
APA

sandsucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandsucker

MLA

“sandsucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandsucker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandsucker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandsucker.

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