pipe fitter

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pipe fitter

n.
One that installs and repairs piping systems.
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pipe′ fit`ter


n.
a person who installs and repairs pipe systems.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pipe fitter - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliancespipe fitter - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
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Stuart, 49, a pipe fitter, said: "Width is not an issue once you're inside as the garage opens out massively.
An official from the jail told, that during two-hour classes, the prisoners could learn the course of electrician, pipe fitter, AC mechanic etc.
oJugo Curran was a retired pipe fitter and veteran of the Pacific Theater of World War Two; he passed away in 2012.
Mr Lewthwaite, a self employed engineer and pipe fitter in the oil and gas industry, was being followed by his younger brother Anthony when the crash happened, It was the second tragedy for the family after Mr Lewthwaite lost his younger sister to a brain tumour just eight years previously.
The fatality was identified as Rowell Sapo, a pipe fitter. Ten other workers and two PBR employees suffered burn injuries.
The other apprentices are apprentice compressor service engineer Lewis Gordon, 18, of Gateshead; apprentice service engineer Samuel Edmands, 19; apprentice pipe fitter Christopher Scott, 16; IT systems apprentice Dominik Hull, 22; and apprentice systems engineer Adam Dyson, 16, all of Bradford.
Sally, 60, lost her pipe fitter husband in the Cormorant Alpha helicopter crash in the North Sea in 1992.
"I've got it on Facebook and it keeps you up right to date with the local news."Peter Rix, 27, a pipe fitter from Billingham, said:"The best thing about it is the front pages with the man-hunts and things.
He completed the tournament with a total of 281, seven strokes under par for $30,000 (pounds 12,500) prize money and an untapped fortune ahead of him - a breathtaking prospect for the young man who began life as an apprentice pipe fitter earning pounds 3.9s a week.
Michael Pike, 64, a former pipe fitter and management consultant, and Jane Robinson, 66, were gunned down within a few hundreds yards of each other on the same stretch of road in the town where they both lived.
He became an apprentice pipe fitter, and later worked in a dairy and took jobs as a boilerman and firefighter.
Leigh, a pipe fitter, spent the last few minutes of his life on the net.
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