plumbers

Before the internet, companies would sometimes call themselves AAA Plumbers (you can substitute the word plumbers for any other profession or product), to appear first in the Yellow Pages.

Behind the music: What's in a band name? 2010

“You know how when you call plumbers to fix a leak, they make you sit around waiting all day for them to show up?”

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

“You know how when you call plumbers to fix a leak, they make you sit around waiting all day for them to show up?”

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

By contrast, the supply of skilled workers, say, plumbers, is much more limited, and so one pays significantly more for such services.

Living Wage Protesters Arrested...Again at cvillenews.com 2002

The new races are the Dranei -- which sounds like Greek for "plumbers" -- and the Blood Elves, which sound like the coolest thing ever if you're 14.

Warcraft Wonders of Tomorrow 2006

Hunt, with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the White House's "plumbers" - a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks."

WN.com - Articles related to Prison reform won't work 'in real world', say Tory MPs 2010

Nixon's paranoid politics, his enemies list, his covert army of "plumbers" - and his downfall - are well-known to most Americans.

LJWorld.com stories: News Tirdad Derakhshani/The Philadelphia Inquirer 2010

Nixon's paranoid politics, his enemies list, his covert army of "plumbers" - and his downfall - are well-known to most Americans.

LJWorld.com stories: News Tirdad Derakhshani/The Philadelphia Inquirer 2010

Nixon's paranoid politics, his enemies list, his covert army of "plumbers" - and his downfall - are well-known to most Americans.

LJWorld.com stories: News Tirdad Derakhshani/The Philadelphia Inquirer 2010

A lawyer would be proud to be tagged with something like I call my plumbers, it’s actually a factual and accurate description.

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