sandsucker

English

Etymology

sand +‎ sucker

Noun

sandsucker (plural sandsuckers)

1. A barge that collected sand from the bottom of lakes, for use in metal founding.
   • 1988 October 7, Harold Henderson, “Saved Form^[sic] the Sandsuckers”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     " The sandsuckers did not lack for funds, however.