tinsmith

American

[tin-smith] / ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

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

tinsmith British

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

a person who works with tin or tin plate

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Etymology

Origin of tinsmith

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

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tinsmith

After a short apprenticeship as a tinsmith, he chose a military career.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Before entering school at 11, he sold firewood and worked for a local tinsmith.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2017

A white woman in the tinsmith shop read him the story of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” and Mr. Abrahams began to read at age 9.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2017

Classes aren’t in session on this overcast, drizzly day, so the campus’s small grassy yards are empty, the shuttered doors to the tinsmith workshop and masonry store creak in the wind.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2014

These were the cottages in which the servants lived, and where the blacksmith, tinsmith, and tanner plied their trades.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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