Definition of boilermaker
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:a worker who makes, assembles, or repairs boilers
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:whiskey with a beer chaser
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Mark Cavanagh said his grandfather hoped to score a lucrative job at Ford Motor making $5 a day as a boilermaker.
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That allows for more than 400 boilermaker combinations—best of luck to you on Tuesday.
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Designed using raw materials and metals, the classic, no-fuss eatery features a menu of cocktails and casual fare, including boilermakers, boozy milkshakes and burgers.
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Its happy hour is more old-school: $8 Old-Fashioneds and $7 boilermakers starring tequila and Tecate or Four Roses bourbon and a Rainier.
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There are a half-dozen beer taps, plus craft beer in bottles, and there will be Cincinnati boilermakers – a shot of bourbon and a 7-ounce Little Kings Cream Ale.
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Western Pennsylvania manufacturers, boilermakers, power plant workers … and miners.
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The Boilermakers shouldn't be this bad and the school is in the process of pumping millions of dollars into facilities.
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Besides heading his local lodge, Ventrone served on the board of the $1.2 billion Boilermakers National Annuity Trust, according to a plan description posted on the union’s website.
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1814
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