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paviour
paviour
English
Noun
paviour (plural paviours)
- A person who lays paving slabs.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Household Words (volume 6, page 387)
- A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Household Words (volume 6, page 387)
- A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs.
- A brick or slab used for paving.