pipe fitter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pipe fitter
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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A subtle reference to Serra’s father, a pipe fitter at a shipyard near San Francisco, it also puts us in mind of Charon’s ferry, shuttling souls across Stygian waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Older brother Ralph Wellman Brewer wrote on a GoFundMe page that Peyton Brewer-Ross was “doing well in life,” with a job as a pipe fitter he loved.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023
His father was a pipe fitter, while his mother looked after his younger sister.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022
Mr. Fuller struggled with agriculture, and eventually became a pipe fitter for Pacific Gas & Electric.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022
The rest of the research staff included a machinist and pipe fitter, a general utility girl, a glass blower to make special apparatus, and Chitty.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
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