boilermaker

noun
/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/

Etymology

From boiler + maker.

  1. inherited from maker
  2. compounded as boilermaker — “boiler + maker

Definitions

  1. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.

    • The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required.
  2. A whiskey with a beer chaser.

    • the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.

The neighborhood

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