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pipeliner en · NOUN

Etymology

From pipeline + -er.

Meanings

1. One who works on oil pipelines.
   • Danny Wayland Seals was born Feb. 8, 1948, in McCamey, Tex. His father, an amateur guitarist who performed with Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb, worked as a pipeliner in the oil fields of West Texas. Mr. Seals’s older brother, Jim Seals, played in fiddle championships as a child and later had several pop hits as part of the 1970s duo Seals & Crofts. 2009 March 27, Bill Friskics-Warren, “Dan Seals, 61, Pop Duo’s England Dan, Dies”, in The New York Times:
   • […] The other pipeliners would hoot and often somebody hollered, 'Look at them rags!' Hence the name." 1991 September 22, A. C. Greene, “From Rags to Rather”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022:
2. One who works in the laying or maintenance of pipelines.

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