boilermaker

English

Etymology

From boiler +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/

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Noun

boilermaker (plural boilermakers)

1. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
   • 1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:

     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. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597:

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

Translations

a person making or repairing boilers

• French: chaudronnier (fr) m
• Romanian: cazangiu (ro) m
• Russian: коте́льщик (ru) m (kotélʹščik)
• Spanish: calderero (es)

whiskey and beer

• French: Dame du lac (fr) f
• Japanese: ボイラーメーカー (boirāmēkā), 爆弾酒 (bakudanshu)
• Korean: 폭탄주 (ko) (poktanju)
• Russian: ёрш (ru) m (jorš), виски с пивом n (viski s pivom)