white-smith

noun

a tinsmith.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English, modeled on blacksmith

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whitesmith (ˈwaɪtˌsmɪθ)

—n
	a person who finishes and polishes metals, particularly tin plate and galvanized iron

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