gas fitter

noun

: a worker who installs or repairs gas pipes and appliances

Examples of gas fitter in a Sentence

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John Peter Wilkinson, whose father was a gas fitter, was born July 12, 1947, in Canvey Island. Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022 One of them, Orbán’s childhood friend, Lőrinc Mészáros, a gas fitter and former village mayor, accumulated a marvelous fortune within a couple of years. Zsuzsanna Szelényi, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2022 Swaths of local media were also bought up by Meszaros, an Orban ally who rose from working as a gas fitter to become a wealthy businessman and the mayor of the town where Orban was born, Felcsut. Edward Kiernan, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gas fitter was in 1849

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“Gas fitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20fitter. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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