hewers

hewers
North Country (Newcastle) Words
the men who work the coals in a coal pit

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  • 2 Chronicles 2 — 1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six… …   The King James version of the Bible

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