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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
Two generations of the Banks family had worked as pipe fitters and plumbers; his grandfather hauled his tools and parts around in a hearse.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Anita eventually settled down with Robert Hoover, a pipe fitter for General Electric, in the town of Knox, about forty minutes west of Albany.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
The plumbers and pipe fitters’ union similarly waited until August 2020 to back Biden, and has also already endorsed him this year.
—Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
Intel, which is also building a new factory but in Ohio, is having a tough time getting enough electricians and pipe fitters to complete the job.
—Will Rinehart, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
And that’s pretty remarkable for a sheet metal worker or a plumber or a pipe fitter to have.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
Also on the skeleton crew is Elise Smelser, a pipe fitter who grew up near the factory and began working there in 1999, training under the supervision of her father.
—Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1860, in the meaning defined above
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“Pipe fitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20fitter. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
pipe fitter
noun
: a person who installs and repairs piping
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