tinsmith

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English

Etymology

From tin +‎ smith.

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tinsmith (plural tinsmiths)

  1. A person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.
    • 1900 May 17, L Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo M Hill Co., →OCLC:
      "Then bring them to me," she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, "Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?"
    • 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 23:
      A little later this was replaced by a new-fangled naphtha lamp made by a local tinsmith which gave a better light but emitted an evil smell.
  2. A dealer in tin goods.

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