boilermaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce boilermaker in British English:
UK [ˈbɔɪləmeɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce boilermaker in American English:
US [ˈbɔɪlərmeɪkə(r)]
Word Origin
- boilermaker (n.)
- "a maker of boilers for engines," 1814, from boiler (n.) + maker. Meaning "shot of whiskey with a glass of beer" is short for boilermaker's delight (1910), strong cheap whiskey, so called in jest from the notion that it would clean the scales from the interior of a boiler.
Example
- 1. View the metal fabricator ( boilermaker ) assessment information sheet .
- 2. Go away , boilermaker . You ` re scaring off the clientele .
- 3. After a news crew in kansas city , missouri , reported on his stint as a boilermaker , an unemployed dentist who saw the story decided to brush off his old welding skills and apply .
- 4. A former treasury official and purdue university boilermaker , brooke oversees regulatory affairs for accounting giant ernst & young .