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Definition 2025
boilermaker
boilermaker
English
Noun
boilermaker (plural boilermakers)
- A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
- (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 597:
- the beauteous Asian was [...] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 597:
Translations
a person making or repairing boilers