steam fitter
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of steam fitter
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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By the time he was 30 he was a master electrician, a plumber, steam fitter, pipe fitter, mechanic, welder, architect.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2018
“When I was growing up, everyone in my family was a steam fitter, which was a blue-collar, union job,” he wrote in a contribution for “My One Big Break,” a 2004 book.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2016
He left school at age 13, became a steam fitter and spent his idle hours hanging around New York race tracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Martin Patrick Durkin resigned last week as Secretary of Labor, an old union colleague remarked: "Like any old steam fitter, he knew when the pressure got too high."
From Time Magazine Archive
James D. Bates, age 29, steam fitter, born in Illinois.
From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.
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