Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A workman who lays gas-, water-, or drainage-pipes.
- noun Apolitical intriguer (see the quotation); hence, any schemer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.
- (Polit. Cant), U.S. A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
lays conducting pipes in the ground, forwater ,gas , etc. - noun US, politics, slang, dated A
politician who works in secret.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I like pipelayer best, he's got good form. just now, -0/+1On behalf of all black people ..... you know what ***** it, i'm tired of apologizing I give up. lets the chips fall where they may.
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You can work as a pipelayer, steamfitter or pipefitter, and many large companies such as manufacturers will
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In the world outside the publishing industry, we don’t generally expect a pipelayer to be conversant with the ins and outs of oral surgery, or an oral surgeon to know much about floral arrangement, or a florist to be an expert in particle physics.
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In the world outside the publishing industry, we don’t generally expect a pipelayer to be conversant with the ins and outs of oral surgery, or an oral surgeon to know much about floral arrangement, or a florist to be an expert in particle physics.
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