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pipe fitter

noun

: a person whose job is to install and repair pipes that carry water, gas, etc.

Full Definition of PIPE FITTER

:  a worker who installs and repairs piping
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First Known Use of PIPE FITTER

1860

Rhymes with PIPE FITTER

acquitter, aglitter, atwitter, beam splitter, bed-sitter, embitter, emitter, fence-sitter, gas fitter, hairsplitter, house sitter, no-hitter, outfitter, permitter, pinch hitter, rail-splitter, remitter, Salzgitter, shipfitter, steamfitter, switch-hitter, transmitter

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