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tinsmith

[ tin-smith ]

noun

  1. a person who makes or repairs tinware or items of other light metals.


tinsmith

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

  1. a person who works with tin or tin plate


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tinsmith1

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

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Example Sentences

Any tinsmith will turn up the sides for you, leaving the front a little higher than the others, so as to overlap the netting.

Again I hopped—on my tin leg—to my friend the tinsmith, who kindly made me another tin leg and fastened it to my body.

The tinsmith was as proud of his workmanship as I was, and for three whole days, all admired me and praised my beauty.

But just then old Ku-Klip the Tinsmith arrived, and he seemed surprised to find so many visitors.

Also there were hammers and anvils and soldering irons and a charcoal furnace and many other tools such as a tinsmith works with.

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