boilermaker

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English

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Etymology

From boiler +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

boilermaker (plural boilermakers)

  1. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
    • 1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:
      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. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597:
      the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.

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