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cabinetmaker

American  
[kab-uh-nit-mey-ker] / ˈkæb ə nɪtˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.


Etymology

Origin of cabinetmaker

First recorded in 1675–85; cabinet + maker

Example Sentences

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Though Mr Dunstan, a cabinetmaker who also owns a somewhat snazzier electric Volvo SUV, hasn't quite fallen in love with the aging Leaf.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Before the pieces are sent from Denmark to New York in shipping containers, they are stored in a barn owned by Balderskilde’s older brother, a cabinetmaker who taught him how to restore furniture.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Mr. Williams was a 36-year-old Vietnam War veteran and cabinetmaker in 1984 when Army officials announced that nerve agent would be burned at the Blue Grass depot.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Bureau of Land Management employee Theresa Livingston, of Worland, defeated retired cabinetmaker and perennial candidate Rex Wilde, of Cheyenne, in their race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2022

One such cabinetmaker boasted he’d make “two or twenty more if I can be paid for it.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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