Definition of Plumbery

1. Noun. The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).

Exact synonyms: Plumbing
Generic synonyms: Craft, Trade
Group relationships: Building, Construction

Definition of Plumbery

1. n. The business of a plumber.

Definition of Plumbery

1. Noun. (obsolete uncountable) The business of a plumber; plumbing ¹

2. Noun. A place where plumbing is carried out ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plumbery

1. the work of a plumber [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbery

plumbate
plumbates
plumbean
plumbed
plumbeous
plumber
plumber's crack
plumber's friend
plumber's helper
plumber's snake
plumber block
plumberies
plumberless
plumbers
plumbery (current term)
plumbian
plumbic
plumbiferous
plumbing
plumbing fixture
plumbing snake
plumbing system
plumbingless
plumbings
plumbism
plumbisms
plumbite
plumbites
plumbline

Literary usage of Plumbery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1835)
"plumbery. well with sand, and washing them with common water, ... plumbery is the art of casting, preparing, and working lead; and using it in building, &c. ..."

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