tinsmith
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ/
- Archaic
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hojalatero
- That's Antonia Hocken, the tinsmith's wife.
Examples
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Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin.
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Samuel Pierce, the tinsmith, ran freight on the Connecticut River between Greenfield, Springfield, and Hartford, Connecticut, and with Ambrose Ames engaged in the sale of salt and linseed oil.
Academic text (1993) -
The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart.
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James Leslie, tinsmith in Edinburgh, had married Christian Brown in October 1802.
Academic text (1996) -
They could hire local carpenters, a local tinsmith, and contract with Dinndorf and Sons for their painting needs.
Academic text (2001) -
Yeah, every time he swings his ax, he cuts off another piece of his body, so he has to go to a... A tinsmith, to get a new one made outta tin.
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His Uncle Kasimir first found work as a tinsmith when he helped put a new copper roof on the synagogue in Augsburg in 1928.
Academic text (2003) -
And of course, I had to become a tinsmith in order to solder those tanks up so that they could be carried with the fluid in them, overland and back to the steamers and home.
Academic text (1990) -
Jews are tinsmiths, blacksmiths, cobblers, tailors, wheelwrights, barrel makers, butchers, and bakers.
Fiction book (1999) -
The tinsmith carefully crafted a decorative tin lantern for the festival.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who makes useful or beautiful things by hand and is very skilled
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3.7
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
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3.6
A skilled worker who repairs things in houses and apartments
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7.3
A person who fixes small metal things by hand, often while traveling
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3.7
A person who shapes hot metal by hammering it
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3.5
A person who makes things from metal, often by hammering or welding
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3.2
A skilled worker who does building or repair work
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9.9
A person who travels to fix metal pots and pans
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4.2
A person who makes or repairs metal items by shaping and joining them
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3.6
A person who does skilled physical work like an electrician or carpenter
A person who makes and fixes small metal household items like pots and lamps
A person who makes or fixes household items from thin metal
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tinsmith is simply two parts: tin, the metal, and smith, meaning 'worker' who shapes metal, just like in blacksmith. So, a tinsmith is a person who makes and repairs everyday household items from tin.