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glass-maker

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noun

  1. a person who makes glass or glass objects

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Example Sentences

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His reputation as a glass-maker would be made in half an hour.

From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"Oh, it was a grand thing to be a glass-maker in those days, señor!" continued the boy, his eyes glowing.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.

"I know a glass-maker in Venetia, who can easily make another, if the Huns should carry this one away," carelessly replied the Abbot.

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

For he was an experienced glass-maker and was perfectly sure that the phial was not made from Beroviero's ordinary glass.

From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Messrs. Peyton & Barlow, metal-bedstead makers, Mr. Bacchus, glass-maker, Mr. Middlemore, currier, and Messrs. Chance, glassmakers, have also established schools for the parties in their employ.

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel