boilermaker
noun
boil·er·mak·er
ˈbȯi-lər-ˌmā-kər 
1
: a worker who makes, assembles, or repairs boilers
2
: whiskey with a beer chaser
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Charles Gaston Dumont was born on March 26, 1929, in Cahors, a commune in southwestern France, before his father, a boilermaker, and his mother, a coffee roaster, moved the family to Toulouse, about 70 miles to the south.
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Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024
After working as a boilermaker in Los Angeles and a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska, the Louisiana native returned to Baton Rouge ready to build his poultry empire.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
As her family eventually moved to Seattle during her middle school years, her father later found work as a boilermaker in a shipyard, per a previous feature with the University of Montana's magazine.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
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Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The film wallows in a particular brand of Americana — denim and leather, cornfields and Harley-Davidsons, crumpled packs of cigarettes and boilermakers on the bar at a dive — without being comfortable laying claim to it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 June 2024
After working as a boilermaker in Los Angeles and a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska, the Louisiana native returned to Baton Rouge ready to build his poultry empire.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
As her family eventually moved to Seattle during her middle school years, her father later found work as a boilermaker in a shipyard, per a previous feature with the University of Montana's magazine.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Boilermaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boilermaker. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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