Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of an engine company who is detailed to hold the nozle or pipe of the hose and direct its play.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
firefighter . - noun One who
smokes apipe .
Etymologies
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pipe + man
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Examples
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Two more of the arriving reinforcements failed to appear to the public eye at the scene of congratulation, and, as sometimes happens in even so well regulated a family as our little army, these were the two who most deserved any honors that were being bestowed, -- Mr. Davies and his assistant pipeman.
Under Fire Charles King 1888
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And here she turned as though to seek the other pipeman, while Tibbetts effusively -- impulsively -- began to make amends.
Under Fire Charles King 1888
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Mr. Foote was as dry as a bone, until the pipeman saw him, and they nailed him up against the wall with a stream and Foote was damp as a wet nurse in a minute.
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