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Her father worked as a pipefitter, not a plumber, and her mother worked as a school district secretary, not a teacher.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2018

“He’s already done enough to get my vote again, without a doubt, no question,” Wes Lewis, a retired pipefitter and one of Whitt’s regulars, declares as he deals the day’s first hand of cards.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2017

The lawsuit claimed a pipefitter was fired from Deere’s Moline facility in 2012 after reporting unsafe working conditions and the company’s failure to correct one of safety problems.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2016

When travelling south for work in 1965, he was hired by PPG as a maintenance pipefitter and soon earned a reputation as a mechanical genius.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2016

Hood’s grandmother, reached by phone Tuesday, said that Davis, who worked as a pipefitter, was the godfather to Hood’s son and that he had attended the concert with Tom Day, another victim.

From Washington Post