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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

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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

He dressed for Mr. Magyar’s rally in a T-shirt mocking the village’s former mayor, Lorinc Meszaros, a friend of Mr. Orban’s and a former pipe fitter who is now a wealthy tycoon.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2024

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

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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