Boilermaker

//ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person qualified to make or repair boilers.

    "The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required."

  2. 2
    A whiskey with a beer chaser. US

    "the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace."

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"The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required."

Etymology

From boiler + maker.

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