sheet metal
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of sheet metal
First recorded in 1905–10
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A sheet metal worker before joining the band full-time, Oakes played his final gig with Showaddywaddy in 2008.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Their doors opened and out came customers and contractors, who went into the store and returned with plywood and sheet metal and seasonal plants.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026
When he was 17, Iommi was working in a sheet metal factory when he lost the tips of his two middle fingers in an industrial accident.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Abrego Garcia on March 12 as the sheet metal union apprentice returned home from a shift at a construction site.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
Someone’s painted a wall lime green, or there’s a bright-red sign above a takeaway shop, or maybe somebody’s picked up a bright-blue piece of sheet metal just by luck.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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