boilermaker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From boiler + maker.
Meanings
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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.
1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:
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(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boilermakers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
pl kotlarz (a person making or repairing boilers) · ru виски с пивом (whiskey and beer) · ru коте́льщик (a person making or repairing boilers) · ja ボイラーメーカー (whiskey and beer) · ja 爆弾酒 (whiskey and beer) · es calderero (a person making or repairing boilers) · fr Dame du lac (whiskey and beer) · ru ёрш (whiskey and beer) · pl boilermaker (whiskey and beer) · fr chaudronnier (a person making or repairing boilers) · ko 폭탄주 (whiskey and beer) · ro cazangiu (a person making or repairing boilers)