Although he was a gifted musician, he was a plumber by trade and never played music professionally.
by trade
Turkish pronunciation
bay treyd
Pronunciation
/ˈbī ˈtrād/ /ˈbaɪ ˈtreɪd/
Etymology
[ 'bI, before consonants also ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bI; akin to Old High German bI by, near, Latin ambi- on both sides, around, Greek amphi.