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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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
He and his family returned to east London and he resumed his trade as a boilermaker.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2020
It might be hastily supposed that, because plates, angles, tees, channels and joist sections are rolled ready for use, little work could be left for the plater and boilermaker.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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