floatmaker
nounEtymology From float + maker.
1
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
- I spoke of my interest in seeing what those masters of the floatmaker's art at Macy's might come up with as a 300-square-foot depiction of a plate of spaghetti carbonara.1984, Calvin Trillin, Third Helpings, page 8:
- "So you think Upstart will replace Ullo as their go-to floatmaker?"2014, Liz Talley, His Forever Girl, page 243: