boilermaker
noun
boil·er·mak·er
ˈbȯi-lər-ˌmā-kər 
1
: a worker who makes, assembles, or repairs boilers
2
: whiskey with a beer chaser
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Her father, Patrick Burke, from County Mayo, was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad boilermaker.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
Charles Gaston Dumont was born on March 26, 1929, in Cahors, a commune in southwestern France, before his father, a boilermaker, and his mother, a coffee roaster, moved the family to Toulouse, about 70 miles to the south.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024
After working as a boilermaker in Los Angeles and a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska, the Louisiana native returned to Baton Rouge ready to build his poultry empire.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
Charles Gaston Dumont was born on March 26, 1929, in Cahors, a commune in southwestern France, before his father, a boilermaker, and his mother, a coffee roaster, moved the family to Toulouse, about 70 miles to the south.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024
After working as a boilermaker in Los Angeles and a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska, the Louisiana native returned to Baton Rouge ready to build his poultry empire.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for boilermaker
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“Boilermaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boilermaker. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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