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plumber
  1. One who works in or with lead.
  2. One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
    1. One who installs piping for potable and waste water.
  3. A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information
  4. (Britain) In the Royal Navy, nickname for an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “So the plumber has gone to the hardware store for supplies and will be returning soon.”
      “Then our bathroom's ageing cistern started to play up, so I made a quick phone call to our reasonable and reliable plumber.”
      “You are unlikely to be able to fit your sink yourself, as a plumber needs to connect the pipework.”
plumbing
  1. A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
  2. The trade or occupation of a plumber.
  3. (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
  4. (informal) Something practical, concrete, real, down to Earth.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “There is plumbing for a washing machine and the room is vented for a tumble dryer.”
      “There is plumbing for a washing machine, and a side door provides access to the garden.”
      “They also had to do a lot of construction on the building, redo all the plumbing and make it wheelchair accessible.”
plumb
  1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
  2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Accomplished artists painting from life used a plumb to determine a vertical line against which other angles could be compared.”
plumbery
  1. (obsolete, uncountable) The business of a plumber; plumbing
  2. (countable) A place where plumbing is carried out
  3. Examples:
    1. “Recyconstruction can help you with the recycling of all type of plumbery and electrical material.”
      “He now accepted an engagement as manager of a plumbery establishment in Dunfermline, where he continued two years.”
      “On the north side, between the cloister and the church, is the plumbery.”
plumb
  1. Obsolete form of plum.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Accomplished artists painting from life used a plumb to determine a vertical line against which other angles could be compared.”
plumbings
plumberies
  1. plural of plumbery
plumbers
  1. plural of plumber
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The thaw after heavy snowfall meant that plumbers were inundated with calls to repair burst pipes.”
      “Lots of children are not academic but would make first-rate plumbers or electricians.”
      “The service ranges from sourcing reliable cleaners, gardeners or plumbers to helping with house moves or booking a holiday.”
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