plumbery
Americannoun
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plumberies
plural
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a plumber's workshop.
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the work or trade of a plumber.
noun
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the workshop of a plumber
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another word for plumbing
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Etymology
Origin of plumbery
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Old French word plommerie. See plumber, -ry
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He now accepted an engagement as manager of a plumbery establishment in Dunfermline, where he continued two years.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
A room over the Jesus Chapel, once the plumbery, is now used as a museum.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell
We passes by innocent and hangs up in front of a plumbery shop, starin' in at a fascinatin' display of one bathtub and a second-hand hot-water boiler.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Sewell Ford
The most nervous and conscientious plumber, I tell you, must at intervals appear, to an observer unacquainted with the art and mystery of plumbery, to be proceeding in a leisurely and perhaps idle fashion.
From The Comforts of Home by Ralph Bergengren
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