turncock

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one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off

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faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

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'Official' warrants were allocated to the palace's workforce, which included the Turncock, lamplighters, and members of the palace fire brigade.

The quality poorhouse: Sarah Parker has curated an exhibition on the extraordinary 'village' community inhabiting Grace and Favour apartments at Hampton Court Palace, which, for the first time, opens one of these apartments to the public

'I managed to confuse two telephone calls and dispatched a gang of men with tools, horse and cart to repair a leaky tap in somebody's kitchen; I sent a lone turncock, armed with nothing but a spanner, to cope with a burst main that was flooding a public square.'

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The turncock loosened, fell, smashed on the counter, simultaneously releasing a stinking stream of ethyl bromide.

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