tiler
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Etymology
Origin of tiler
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at tile, -er 1
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The plumber and tiler cited poor conditions and bad past experiences at government hurricane shelters for not wanting to flee.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Steven, from Dreghorn in North Ayrshire, was forced to give up his work as a roof tiler.
From BBC ● May 26, 2022
My best friend still to this day, his dad was a tiler.
From Fox News ● Sep. 7, 2020
His father, a roof tiler, was on the Celtic groundstaff in his younger days while his mother was a netball player.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011
Every roofer, tiler, and steeplejack had a dæmon who could fly, or one so small she could come up in a pocket.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Bricklayers, masons, roofers, roof tilers, slaters, carpenters, joiners and plasterers will benefit from cheaper visas and more relaxed employment criteria under the changes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2023
But for now, both expert and amateur tilers are just excited to have the long-awaited einstein tile in hand.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2023
A vast market that experts say accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars in American commerce every year, local services and professionals like painters and tilers have been slow to move online.
From Forbes ● Jan. 20, 2015
She apprenticed to Jakob Karapancsik, a member of the guild of chimney sweepers, oven makers, roof tilers, well diggers and potters, and graduated as a journeyman.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2011
It is narrated in a contemporary chronicle that in one village in the Henneberg territory all the inhabitants had fled on the approach of the Count and his men-at-arms save two tilers.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
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