hewers of wood and drawers of water

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. Those who drudge, or are made to work hard; those who do menial or servile work at the behest of others; physical labourers. plural,plural-only
    — And the Princes ſaid vnto them, Let them liue, (but let them bee hewers of wood, and drawers of water, vnto all the Congregation,) as the Princes had promiſed them.

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A biblical term, first mentioned in Joshua 9:21 (but compare Deuteronomy 29:10).
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