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pipe fitter

American  

noun

  1. a person who installs and repairs pipe systems.


Etymology

Origin of pipe fitter

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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That is how Owen Chance, a senior at Lathrop High School in Lathrop, Mo., got into a regional vocational program for high-school students, learning to be a pipe fitter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

Hey, 20-something renter who just moved here and wants to upend the status quo, meet the retired pipe fitter with whom you share this city.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

His father was a pipe fitter, while his mother looked after his younger sister.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 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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