boilermaker

[ boi-ler-mey-ker ]

/ ˈbɔɪ lərˌmeɪ kər /

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noun

a person employed to make and repair boilers or other heavy metal items.

whiskey with beer as a chaser.

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Origin of boilermaker

First recorded in 1860–65; boiler + maker

Words nearby boilermaker

boiled oil, boiled shirt, boiled sweet, boiler, boiler horsepower, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiler room, boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling

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How to use boilermaker in a sentence

He was a construction worker, a boilermaker, with 20 years of experience building new power plants and doing repairs.
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The bartender had a consolation boilermaker waiting; he gulped half of it before he realized it had been needled with ether.
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Near the captain sat his chum, John Barbot, the boilermaker of the isle of Rhe.
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This engine of war, an invention of Master Barbot the boilermaker, received the name of the censer.
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That same year we lost our old friend Master Barbot, the boilermaker of the isle of Rhe.
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In Cunliffe Street, we passed the cottage of a boilermaker, whom I had heard of before.
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British Dictionary definitions for boilermaker

boilermaker

/ (ˈbɔɪləˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder

British slang a beer drink consisting of half of draught mild and half of bottled brown ale

US slang a drink of whisky followed by a beer chaser

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