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boiler room

NOUN
bucket shop
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He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Just behind the hot room is a boiler room.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

Mick worked in a factory boiler room in the 1970s, where he was exposed to asbestos.

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2024

Eventually black workers moved up to the boiler room, where they shoveled coal into a blazing furnace.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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