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[ pluhm -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈplʌm ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings.
Slang . an undercover operative or spy hired to detect or stop leaks of news or secret information, often using questionable or illegal methods, as illegal entry or wiretapping.
Obsolete . a worker in lead or similar metals.
Origin of plumber 1375–1425; 1965–70
for def. 2 ; late Middle English, spelling variant of Middle English
plowber ≪ Late Latin
plumbārius leadworker; replacing Middle English
plummer <Anglo-French; Old French
plummier <Latin, as above. See plumb, -er
2 Words nearby plumber plumbaginaceous, plumbaginous, plumbago, plumb bob, plumbeous, plumber , plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic, Plumbicon
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Example sentences from the Web for plumber The NRA and Joe the Plumber view dead Americans as an acceptable loss so that they can have easy access to guns.
It’s Time to Think Big or Shut Up on Gun Control | Dean Obeidallah| June 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Then there was the statement I saw this week from “Joe the Plumber .”
Joe the Plumber’s ‘Dead Kid’ Callousness | Erica Lafferty| May 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Anyone who has ever tried to get a plumber in Paris at that time of the year will know what I mean.
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When a leak springs in her bathroom and she has to pay a kingly sum to the plumber , she Googles “how to get cash quick.”
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The son of a Scottish plumber and raised in North London, Rod Stewart was obsessed with two things: football and R&B.
11 Best Bits From Rod Stewart’s New Autobiography | The Daily Beast| October 22, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Suppose a plumber is called into your house on a raw day of January to tinker up a disordered pipe in the cellar.
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The great American plumber joke, that many-branched evergreen, was planted at this time.
The Magnificent Ambersons | Booth Tarkington
His order was obeyed, but in the morning the plumber failed to appear.
Out of the Hurly-Burly | Charles Heber Clark
When I tell about her, I can see her, and her two little girls, and her plumber husband.
It was this the plumber heard, and his wife, and the baker and others.
The Spell of Belgium | Isabel Anderson
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British Dictionary definitions for plumber noun a person who installs and repairs pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
Word Origin for plumber C14: from Old French plommier worker in lead, from Late Latin plumbārius, from Latin plumbum lead
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