pipe fitter

noun

: a worker who installs and repairs piping

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Staff Pick: Budget pain points and rising prices Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images Nancy Breland was dreaming of a comfortable retirement after a decadeslong career as a hospital medical technologist, while her husband worked as a union pipe fitter. — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 July 2024 As in Germany, students should apprentice with nurses, plumbers, pipe fitters, steamfitters, and medical and clinical laboratory technicians—professionals whose median annual salaries range from $55,000 to $80,000. — Katherine S. Newman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2016

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First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pipe fitter was in 1860

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pipe fitter

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