Definition of Boilermaker

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

2. Noun. (American English) A whiskey with a beer chaser. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boilermaker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boilermaker

boiled
boiled dinner
boiled egg
boiled eggs
boiled sweet
boiler
boiler cupboard
boiler horsepower
boiler room
boiler rooms
boiler suit
boiler suits
boilerhouse
boilerhouses
boileries
boilermaker (current term)
boilermaker's deafness
boilermakers
boilerman
boilermen
boilerplate
boilerplates
boilers
boilers suit
boilersuit
boilersuited
boilersuits
boilery
boiley
boiling

Literary usage of Boilermaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American by American Railway Master Mechanics' Association (1907)
"Labor for installing one set of new flues (316) new style, was figured 38 hours actual time for one boilermaker at 38 cents per hour and one boilermaker ..."

2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1896)
"He says that the proper thing for the Eastern boilermaker to do was to call in a Western expert to tell him what kind of a guarantee to give. ..."

3. Compensation to Government Employees [for Injuries (1908)
"Frank Murphy, boilermaker helper, face badly cut by steam hammer. February 6, 1905. ... John Raines, boilermaker's helper, hip and leg badly injured. ..."

4. Ohio Circuit Court Reports: New Series. Cases Adjudged in the Circuit Courts by Ohio Circuit Courts (1904)
"... his duty being to help a boilermaker as an assistant, but not to perform a regular boilermaker's work; on or about July 21, 1902, the foreman of said ..."

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