Meaning boilermaker
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boilermaker"a maker of boilers for engines," 1814, from boiler (n.) + maker. Meaning "shot of whiskey with a glass of beer" is short for boilermaker's delight (1910), strong cheap whiske [..]
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boilermakerA shot of whiskey followed by a chaser of beer. It is similar to the Jamaican drink recipe which is Jamaican Red Stripe beer with a shot of Jamaican white rum called Steel Bottom. T
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boilermaker
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
* '''2006''', Thomas Pynchon, ''Against the Day'', Vintage 2007, p. 597:
*: the beauteous Asian was [...] knockin [..]
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