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cabinetmaker

American  
[kab-uh-nit-may-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


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The scandal saw one of France's leading antiques experts, Georges "Bill" Pallot, and award-winning cabinetmaker, Bruno Desnoues, put on trial on charges of fraud and money laundering following a nine-year investigation.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

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, and retired cabinetmaker and perennial candidate Rex Wilde, of Cheyenne, seek the Democratic nomination for governor.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

In 1848, William and Ellen Craft were young newlyweds in Macon, Georgia, where William was enslaved as a “hired out” cabinetmaker and Ellen was an enslaved house servant to her white half-sister.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021

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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