Crossword-Solution: PLUMBER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Plumber | n. | One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “PLUMBER”
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| ... in "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" ... | 1 answer |
| Durkin was one. | 1 answer |
| Expert at handling snakes? | 1 answer |
| He manipulates snakes | 1 answer |
| Pipe fixer or drain specialist | 1 answer |
| One who might advise you that a flush beats a full house? | 1 answer |
| Pipe pro | 1 answer |
| Pipe repairer | 1 answer |
| Pipe repairman | 1 answer |
| Watergate conspirator, slangily | 1 answer |
| person who fits and repairs pipes and fixtures for water and drainage systems | 1 answer |
| Leak fixer | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PLUMBER (5)
John Gibson, plumber, with considerable difficulty, from the boisterous state of the weather, got the gilded ball screwed on, measuring two feet in diameter, and forming the principal ventilator at the upper extremity of the cupola of the light-room.
Doubtless the fellow was some plumber's apprentice who had made good use of an opportunity to study the lay of the land against a contemplated invasion of these holy precincts.
There he recalls a number of mean, dirty shops, and particularly that of a plumber and decorator, with a dusty disorder of earthenware pipes, sheet lead ball taps, pattern books of wall paper, and tins of enamel.
Round him were the principal witnesses, Madame Flameche, widow of the victim, Louis Ladureau, cabinetmaker, and Jean Durdent, plumber.
Andrews was only an amateur, he was not in the Service, he had no uniform coat, he was (I believe) a plumber by his trade and stood (in the mediæval phrase) quite out of the danger of my father; but he had a painful interview for all that, and perspired extremely.
Quotes with PLUMBER (3)
The letter said that they were two feet high, and green, and shaped like plumber's friends. Their suction cups were on the ground, and their shafts, which were extremely flexible, usually pointed to the sky. At the top of each shaft was a little hand with a green eye in its palm. The creatures were friendly, and they could see in four dimensions. They pitied Earthlings for being able to see only three. They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.…
Aside from velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe. You can't see it or touch it, yet a plumber can charge you upwards of seventy-five dollars per hour for it, without necessarily fixing anything.
There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps …
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).