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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of plumbery
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Old French word plommerie. See plumber, -ry
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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