Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes or repairs boilers.
- noun Slang A drink of whiskey with a beer chaser.
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- noun A person qualified to
make orrepair boilers . - noun US A
whiskey with abeer chaser .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Plastic shot glasses float, and are consequently completely unusable for any of the so-called "boilermaker" drinks.
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So if you're interested in being a boilermaker at Rio Tinto's Gove power station in the Northern Territories, you could start here .
Could You Be a $200,000-a-Year Miner? Lauren Weber 2011
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The boilermaker is so popular in South Korea the country has now become the leading importer of several brands of blended Scotch.
Scots Hope Free Trade Pact Changes South Koreans’ Tastes 2011
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The boilermaker is so popular in South Korea the country has now become the leading importer of several brands of blended Scotch.
Scots Hope Free Trade Pact Changes South Koreans’ Tastes 2011
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The boilermaker is so popular in South Korea the country has now become the leading importer of several brands of blended Scotch.
Scots Hope Free Trade Pact Changes South Koreans’ Tastes 2011
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Rio Tinto offers subsidized accommodation and annual leave travel assistance for the job of "boilermaker."
Could You Be a $200,000-a-Year Miner? Lauren Weber 2011
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The carpenter at his bench, the blacksmith by his forge, the boilermaker clanging and clattering, are all warbling more sweetly than you.
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Nearby, union boilermaker Pete Etoler drew a line between protesting politicians and disrupting the highest-profile event in the Hoosier State's history.
Labor Torn on Super Bowl Protests Douglas Belkin 2012
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You just have to be a bit of a boilermaker and electrician.
Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011
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His particular poison was a boilermaker of Guinness and Tullamore Dew whiskey, supped noisily and with relish.
three for the christmas James Claffey 2011
yarb commented on the word boilermaker
I've only seen this word used in the context of the Boilermaker's Union. that is, The Internatinal Brotherhood of Boilermakers, or its national affiliates. I think most boilrmakers probably don't make boilers anymore. Ah, the halcyon days of steam!
October 16, 2007
john commented on the word boilermaker
A boilermaker is a shot of whiskey followed with a beer chaser. If you pour the whiskey into the beer instead of drinking them sequentially, it's called a sidecar. If you drop the shotglass into the beer and drink them together, it's called a depth charge.
I used to drink these by the bucket, once upon a time.
October 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word boilermaker
I've drunk boilermakers too, unwittingly.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word boilermaker
I've had them quite wittingly.
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word boilermaker
I haven't had one. It sounds like fun, except that when I mix grain and grape, I tend to hurl. Not fun.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word boilermaker
Oh, please don't let anyone suggest starting a list of words that mean hurling....
Damn. I just did it.
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word boilermaker
Are you kidding?! That was the first list I ever compiled, back in grade school! *rummages through papers*
October 17, 2007