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A '''plumber''' is a [[tradesman]] who carries out work on the [[water]] supply and [[sewerage]] in homes and business premises. The term derives from the [[Latin]] word for [[lead]], ''plumbum'', the metal of which water pipes were customarily made until well into the twentieth century.
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A '''plumber''' is a [[tradesman]] who carries out work on the [[water]] supply and [[sewerage]] in homes and business premises. The term derives from the [[Latin]] word for [[lead]], ''plumbum'', the metal of which water pipes were customarily made until well into the twentieth century. Plumbers are typical of middle class blue-collar Americans in the United States, a fact that came into particular prominence during the 2008 presidential elections when Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher declared his support for the Republican candidate [[John McCain]].
    
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