plumbery

[pluhm-uh-ree]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural

plumberies

a plumber's workshop.
the work or trade of a plumber.

plumbery

/ ˈ��ʌ��ə��ɪ /

noun

the workshop of a plumber
another word for plumbing

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumbery¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Old French word plommerie. See plumber, -ry

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Example Sentences

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The most nervous and conscientious plumber, I tell you, must at intervals appear, to an observer unacquainted with the art and mystery of plumbery, to be proceeding in a leisurely and perhaps idle fashion.

From

He now accepted an engagement as manager of a plumbery establishment in Dunfermline, where he continued two years.

From

A room over the Jesus Chapel, once the plumbery, is now used as a museum.

From

plumber's snake plumbic

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