gas fittern.
/ˈɡas ˌfɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˌfɪdər/ A person employed to install and service gas fittings and appliances.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > gas-fitter
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1819 Morning Chron. 13 Feb. To Brass Founders, Lamp Manufacturers, Gas Fitters, and others.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 83 The bricklayer, the carpenter, the plumber, the gasfitter, &c.
1906 Pop. Mech. Sept. 938/2 Flow of gas from the main can be stopped by means of the gas bag illustrated, a device much used by gas fitters.
1940 M. Dickens Mariana v. 148 Mrs. Shannon had quite a time alternately giving cups of tea or pieces of her mind to carpenters, furniture removers, gas fitters, [etc.].
1986 Times 16 July 4 A gas fitter, was fined £100 yesterday for fitting an incorrect flue to a house in which a couple died.
Compounds
gas-fitter's tongs n. now rare tongs designed for grasping gas pipes.
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1855 Mining Mag. Aug. 176 2 brass cocks for cataracts; 1 gas fitter's tongs.
1879 Standard 28 June 3/7 [He] was charged..with stealing two gas-fitter's tongs and one chisel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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