This dip did not, however, remove plumbers from the top echelon of wage-earners.
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For instance, the concept of water is viewed dierently by a thirsty person, aplumber, a chemist, and a painter.
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A good farmer (pianist, husband, acrobat,plumber, etc.) does not ex officio eliminate all the evils he can.
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Over the next few minutes, cleaning personnel, waiters with trays of food, a manicurist, aplumber, and others enter the cabin.
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Electricians, plumbers and steam engineers pursue their respective trades under license.
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For carters and plumbers, as for lawyers, annual stipends are best regarded as retaining fees to ensure adequate service when it was required.
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Even steamfitters, electricians and plumbers are required to have licenses.
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As many readers will appreciate, plumbing was once an unfashionable trade but now the plumbers are more valuable than interior decorators.
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The third category includes most of the skilled artisans, such as bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, mechanics, plumbers, and tailors as well as skilled factory workers, policemen, and bookkeepers.
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In the course of the meeting, the management finally agreed to bring in aplumber, and both problems (flooded restrooms and paper on the floor) were eventually resolved.
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The first is more like 'craftsmanship' - carpenters, plumbers, etc., are handverkare.
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It is not a function of technique or learning but of sincerity, uncorrupted consciousness; and, presumably, plumbers as well as poets can achieve that rare human condition.
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Whilst an operations manual is used as a reference, the main source of operational information is transferred informally between plumbers at season hand-over.
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Occupational classifications do not differentiate between plumbers and gas fitters—they are grouped together within the classification for plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers.
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He may be aplumber, electrician, or fireman who goes window cleaning, gardening, cleaning a car or mending a television set.
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