caulker

I don't think at all that the nautical terms are a hindrance - you just made me realise that I read the entire novel without having a clue what a 'caulker' is!

Dan Simmons - The Terror (Book Review) 2008

“It is,” the caulker said and spat once more and invoked more luck and joined the gang.

The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber 2009

Something stirred, the memory of the two women off-loading and the words of the caulker and his own reaction.

The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber 2009

Phrynus stopped the caulker, “I thought there was treasure.”

The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber 2009

The caulker spat and made a sign invoking luck, Those two women, Helenais and Lemaxis.

The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber 2009

This last thing must've been written by some '' spoiled '' native speaker, because although I still haven't got a slightest idea who a caulker could be (or more specifically, what his job is), I understood well enough that he has some kind of a professional function on the ship and I'm completely satisfied with that.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

This last thing must've been written by some '' spoiled '' native speaker, because although I still haven't got a slightest idea who a caulker could be (or more specifically, what his job is), I understood well enough that he has some kind of a professional function on the ship and I'm completely satisfied with that.

Dan Simmons - The Terror (Book Review) 2008

(In fact, a 90 percent windfall profit tax on the bailout-created profits of the 19 largest banks would be the ideal way to promote a robust caulker jobs program.)

Les Leopold: Clinton's Cash for Caulkers? Not enough Economic Insulation 2009

Then James Brown and Francis Dunn — Erebus's caulker and caulker's mate — joined the group.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

After the caulker mate's near mutiny, Captain Crozier was sick of sodomites.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007