boilermaker
Americannoun
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a person employed to make and repair boilers or other heavy metal items.
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whiskey with beer as a chaser.
noun
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a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
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slang a beer drink consisting of half of draught mild and half of bottled brown ale
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slang a drink of whisky followed by a beer chaser
Etymology
Origin of boilermaker
Example Sentences
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Additional money is being provided by Hull-based boilermaker Ideal Heating.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
Hughes, who worked as a boilermaker for most of his life, died at age 72 after suffering a heart attack, said Carl Hughes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
His father, a boilermaker, was strict and demanding.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
Hector Albert Padilla was born March 22, 1930, in Tucson, Ariz., to Manuel, who worked as a boilermaker for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and Concepcion, who was a seamstress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
When he is through in comes the soubrette, formerly a lady boilermaker in Canarsie, but now disguised as an adventuress, in search of the missing papers.
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by Kenneth McGaffey
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