tinsmith

American  

[tin-smith] / ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

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

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tinsmith British  

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. a person who works with tin or tin plate

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Etymology

Origin of tinsmith

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

Example Sentences

He worked for a while as a tinsmith in his father's foundry before moving to Edinburgh to study and then pursue an acting career.

From BBC

After four years in Philadelphia learning his trade, Isaac was an accomplished tinsmith.

From Literature

And here is love like a tinsmith’s scoop sunk past its gleam in the meal-bin.

From New York Times

"Unlike homemade counterparts or local tinsmith's wares, these tools depicted highly stylized images, often drawn from secular themes or with subject's designed specifically to hang on the Christmas trees."

From Salon

They rented them to blue-collar workers such as tinsmiths, printers and chauffeurs.

From Washington Post