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Definition of joiner in English: joinernoun ˈdʒɔɪnəˈdʒɔɪnər 1British A person who constructs the wooden components of a building, such as stairs, doors, and door and window frames. bricklayers and joiners are needed to convert derelict properties Example sentencesExamples - ‘There is a huge shortage of carpenters and joiners in Scotland,’ he said.
- The finishing trades, the skilled craftsmen joiners, metal workers and painters have long gone.
- They both found jobs as joiners working for a firm called Rankin and Greig.
- As a nation we are crying out for plumbers, electricians, joiners and their ilk, useful people doing useful jobs - at a price!
- Colin, who left the Royal Navy in 1958 because of an injury, became a joiner with Shepherd's before joining York Carriageworks.
- This was built over a period of 40 days by a 300 strong force of labourers, carpenters, joiners and artists.
- During his school years in St. Thomas, he went to a joiner's workshop after school to learn the trade.
- His career in the building industry started 25 years ago as an apprentice joiner with York-based Shepherd Construction Ltd.
- Originally from Derrykinlough, Andrew was a joiner by trade.
- Their son Declan has been working as a joiner in New York for the past five years and was based near Manhattan.
- Safety precautions were inadequate on a building site where a joiner fell eight feet and broke his back.
- Suppose I go to a joiner and ask him to make me a table, and the joiner delivers me a wooden board.
- Patrick Rogan was a first year apprentice joiner and studied at the East Down Institute.
- A quarter-century on, he's a master joiner or master hinger or suchlike.
- Both are married with children and both hold challenging jobs: Joey a joiner and Ollie a teacher in St Joseph's Crossmaglen.
- She said the workmen, who residents thought were carpenters and joiners, have also been doing plumbing and electrical work.
- After leaving school, he did a seven-year stint as a joiner, switching to steeple jacking after national service.
- Others chosen to work on the fuselages were carpenters, joiners and the like.
- His career started as an apprentice joiner finishing his apprenticeship and then progressing to general foreman.
- A lot of other businesses are also doing particularly well as a result of the housing boom, like construction, plumbers, joiners and builders.
2informal A person who readily joins groups or campaigns. a compulsive joiner of revolutionary movements Example sentencesExamples - Latham seems to be a reluctant joiner whereas Abbott is naturally gregarious.
- America, as Tocqueville famously concluded, is a nation of joiners.
- I've never been a joiner, I'm not a group-thinker, and I don't fare well on teams.
- Although I am not a joiner, I do have a strong sense of family tradition.
- Get involved in the community, even if you aren't a joiner.
- The logical presumption is they haven't been joiners hitherto.
- I don't mean I'm not a joiner, it's just that I'm not.
- If you're not a joiner, at least pick up some literature and visit the parks and hangouts.
- I've never been a marcher or a joiner, it's just not my nature, and sometimes I've regretted that.
- New joiners must make a firm decision whether to join a company's scheme or not (which is sort of where we are currently).
- Like the vast majority of young Europeans they are not good joiners - they don't tend to belong to clubs or associations.
- Americans had demonstrated in the years leading up to the 1770s and 1860s that they were a ‘nation of joiners.’
- Basically, we've decided that women are joiners.
- But in my observation, writers are not joiners.
- Most joiners of cults respond to the leader's message first at an emotional level, then later at the physical and intellectual levels.
Origin Middle English: from Old French joigneor, from joindre 'to join'. Definition of joiner in US English: joinernounˈdʒɔɪnərˈjoinər 1British A person who constructs the wooden components of a building, such as stairs, doors, and door and window frames. Example sentencesExamples - A quarter-century on, he's a master joiner or master hinger or suchlike.
- During his school years in St. Thomas, he went to a joiner's workshop after school to learn the trade.
- This was built over a period of 40 days by a 300 strong force of labourers, carpenters, joiners and artists.
- ‘There is a huge shortage of carpenters and joiners in Scotland,’ he said.
- Their son Declan has been working as a joiner in New York for the past five years and was based near Manhattan.
- After leaving school, he did a seven-year stint as a joiner, switching to steeple jacking after national service.
- A lot of other businesses are also doing particularly well as a result of the housing boom, like construction, plumbers, joiners and builders.
- Colin, who left the Royal Navy in 1958 because of an injury, became a joiner with Shepherd's before joining York Carriageworks.
- As a nation we are crying out for plumbers, electricians, joiners and their ilk, useful people doing useful jobs - at a price!
- Patrick Rogan was a first year apprentice joiner and studied at the East Down Institute.
- His career started as an apprentice joiner finishing his apprenticeship and then progressing to general foreman.
- The finishing trades, the skilled craftsmen joiners, metal workers and painters have long gone.
- She said the workmen, who residents thought were carpenters and joiners, have also been doing plumbing and electrical work.
- Others chosen to work on the fuselages were carpenters, joiners and the like.
- His career in the building industry started 25 years ago as an apprentice joiner with York-based Shepherd Construction Ltd.
- Suppose I go to a joiner and ask him to make me a table, and the joiner delivers me a wooden board.
- Both are married with children and both hold challenging jobs: Joey a joiner and Ollie a teacher in St Joseph's Crossmaglen.
- They both found jobs as joiners working for a firm called Rankin and Greig.
- Originally from Derrykinlough, Andrew was a joiner by trade.
- Safety precautions were inadequate on a building site where a joiner fell eight feet and broke his back.
2informal A person who readily joins groups or campaigns. a compulsive joiner of revolutionary movements Example sentencesExamples - Basically, we've decided that women are joiners.
- Most joiners of cults respond to the leader's message first at an emotional level, then later at the physical and intellectual levels.
- Get involved in the community, even if you aren't a joiner.
- I don't mean I'm not a joiner, it's just that I'm not.
- I've never been a marcher or a joiner, it's just not my nature, and sometimes I've regretted that.
- I've never been a joiner, I'm not a group-thinker, and I don't fare well on teams.
- But in my observation, writers are not joiners.
- Latham seems to be a reluctant joiner whereas Abbott is naturally gregarious.
- America, as Tocqueville famously concluded, is a nation of joiners.
- New joiners must make a firm decision whether to join a company's scheme or not (which is sort of where we are currently).
- Like the vast majority of young Europeans they are not good joiners - they don't tend to belong to clubs or associations.
- If you're not a joiner, at least pick up some literature and visit the parks and hangouts.
- Americans had demonstrated in the years leading up to the 1770s and 1860s that they were a ‘nation of joiners.’
- The logical presumption is they haven't been joiners hitherto.
- Although I am not a joiner, I do have a strong sense of family tradition.
Origin Middle English: from Old French joigneor, from joindre ‘to join’. |