drywaller

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noun

A construction worker who specializes in laying drywall.

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Meanings

noundrywaller (plural drywallers)

plural drywallers

  1. A construction worker who specializes in laying drywall.

    The oldest of five, son of a union drywaller, Driscoll was raised Roman Catholic in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Seattle.

    2009 January 11, Molly Worthen, “Who Would Jesus Smack Down?”, in New York Times

Origin

From drywall + -er.

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Translations

German Trockenbauer
  • Trockenbauerconstruction worker who specializes in laying drywall
Polish tynkarz
  • tynkarzconstruction worker who specializes in laying drywall
Spanish chiroquero
  • chiroqueroconstruction worker who specializes in laying drywall
Cite this entry
APA

drywaller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drywaller

MLA

“drywaller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drywaller. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drywaller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drywaller.

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