sewer

sewer hog

1. slang Anyone forced or employed to dig trenches or ditches. Prisoners in that area were forced to work as sewer hogs until about 1945, having dug drainage ditches alongside the highway from one end of the state to the other. My father wasn't very proud of having to work as a sewer hog, but it put food on our table as kids, and none of us ever cared more than that.
2. One of a breed of wild pigs rumored in urban legend to inhabit the sewers of Hampstead, London. My brother always told me scary stories about the sewer hogs to keep me away from open manhole covers.
See also: hog, sewer

sewer mouth

1. slang A person who uses obscenities, vulgarities, or profanities in their speech. Used especially in reference to a child or as a childish rebuke to an adult. Hey, you little sewer mouth! If I hear you speaking like that around your grandmother again, you're going to be grounded for a week!
2. slang The use of such foul language. Well, there's no need for the sewer mouth, Rick. You could have just said "no" like a civilized person.
See also: mouth, sewer

sewer rat

A common brown rat, so-called because it is often found in sewers. Why are you screaming? Haven't you ever seen a sewer rat before? Walk faster, there are sewer rats in here!
See also: rat, sewer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sewer hog

n. a ditch digger; a sewer worker. A sewer hog doesn’t get a lot of chances to pal around with the gentry, but the pay’s plenty good.
See also: hog, sewer
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sewer hog
  • against (one's) will
  • against one's will
  • against will
  • against your will
  • force or an animal from
  • sweatshop
  • sweat-shop
  • force of circumstance
  • be put out to grass
References in periodicals archive
"Nobody will be without access to water or sewer," he said.
"The community fund is a great opportunity for local charities and organisations to access a new revenue stream and we look forward to receiving their applications." Community engagement teams will be working across Huddersfield during the next few months to help spread the message to residents of the importance of looking after the sewer network.
City of Hardeeville, $500,000 for economic water and sewer infrastructure
Sonko called for an audit of all properties built on sewer lines.
* Jones Falls Basin BC09 Sewer Rehabilitation --a $2.74 million project located on the north side of Baltimore City for the rehabilitation of sewer lines between 1-83 North, 1-695, Timonium Road and York Road.
"Failure to implement sewer repairs could result in a possible pipe and roadway collapse, resulting in emergency repair costs,'' Mr.
"These new sewers are a significant and important investment, which will help to stop this from happening again.
A spokesman for United Utilities said: "We need to carry out emergency work on the sewer which runs under St Agnes Road to prevent flooding to homes in the area.
The "charge assessed by the sewer department bares no rational relationship to the costs and expenses the sewer department actually incurs," Harris said in the lawsuit.
The Water Industry (Scheme for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011 implemented a major change in the responsibility for, and ownership of, private sewers and lateral drains.
The update is in response to a fire that destroyed a Highland Park home when a plumbing contractor tried to clear a clogged sewer line.
The 9.4% increase in the water and sewer rate enacted by the City this year could pale in comparison to next year's rate hike, a top rental housing official has warned.
When combined sewer systems were introduced in 1855, they were hailed as a vast improvement over urban cesspool ditches that ran along city streets and spilled over when it rained.
MPs WILL today call for more money for victims of sewer flooding and a nationwide campaign to educate the public about the risks of drain blocking.
Carney's character, Ed Norton, made a living working in a sewer, a profession he even proudly sang about: "I work in a sewer with a guy named Bruce; together we sweep along the refuse." The genuine dignity he supplied to the job earned him honorary membership in the associations of sewer workers in several states.