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boilermaker
/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
sole
BOILERMAKER + NOUN
out-depots
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noun
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.
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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.
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the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.
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