boilermaker

English

Etymology

From boiler + maker.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɔɪləˌmeɪkə/

Noun

boilermaker (plural boilermakers)

1. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
2. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 597:

     the beauteous Asian was [...] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.

Translations

a person making or repairing boilers

• Russian: котельщик (ru) (kotél'ščik) m

whiskey and bear

• Russian: ёрш (ru) (yorsh) m, виски с пивом (ru) (viski s pivom) n