boilermaker

英 ['bɒɪləmeɪkə]美 ['bɔɪlɚ,mekɚ]

n. 锅炉制造修理工；喝过威士忌再喝的啤酒

英文词源

boilermaker (n.)

"a maker of boilers for engines," 1814, from boiler (n.) + maker. Meaning "shot of whiskey with a glass of beer" is short for boilermaker's delight (1910), strong cheap whiskey, so called in jest from the notion that it would clean the scales from the interior of a boiler.

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