Plumber
['plʌmə] or ['plʌmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
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Definition
(n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
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Definition
n. one who works in lead esp. one who fits into buildings the tanks pipes and fittings for conveying water gas and sewage.—ns. Plumb′er-block a metal frame or case for holding the end of a revolving shaft: a pillow-block; Plumb′ery articles of lead: the business of a plumber: a place for plumbing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
One who ascertains the capacity of your purse, soaks you with a piece of lead and gets away with the money—a process vulgarly known as 'a lead-pipe cinch.'
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Examples
- I am a plumber with a rising business, Escott, by name. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You knew that this man Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter before, and that suspicion would rest the more readily upon him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- John Horner, a plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's jewel-case. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Presently he stopped and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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