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  • Two years later,The Times reported that four hundred men had to be dismissed as redundant, eleven thousand were threatened with the same fate, that production on three vessels and a submarine had to be postponed indefinitely because the boiler-makers and the drillers could not agree who was entitled to use five stud-welding guns designed to weld nuts and thimbles to metal plates.

    Why is Europe Stagnating? - The Austrian Economists 2006

  • The fat bartender stared Tobin in the eyes and moved down the bar in a wordless shuffle, refilling beers, building highballs, and pouring boiler-makers for the two husky guys.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • The fat bartender stared Tobin in the eyes and moved down the bar in a wordless shuffle, refilling beers, building highballs, and pouring boiler-makers for the two husky guys.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • The fat bartender stared Tobin in the eyes and moved down the bar in a wordless shuffle, refilling beers, building highballs, and pouring boiler-makers for the two husky guys.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • The fat bartender stared Tobin in the eyes and moved down the bar in a wordless shuffle, refilling beers, building highballs, and pouring boiler-makers for the two husky guys.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • A lot of steam fitters and older boiler-makers and whoever grew up with steam haven't really embraced the diesel era.

    LOCO 1983

  • With steam and the work involved with steam, there were a lot more boiler-makers

    LOCO 1983

  • Engineers and boiler-makers refused to organize unskilled whites in foundries, steel mills and motor assembly plants.

    Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 22 Ray Esther 1969

  • Moreover, automation or technological change has literally wiped out such trades as boiler-makers.

    The Challenge of Today's Affluent Society 1962

  • The circular table serves as a compound table for ordinary work, and the machine is altogether a very useful one for boiler-makers.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various

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