Example Sentences

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A gold-beater from Fürth had created so much excitement that the police had to be called in.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

Verocchio's "David," a lad of some seventeen years, has the lean, veined arms of a stone-hewer or gold-beater.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

He had experienced the common lot of young artists in those days, and had been apprenticed to a gold-beater, but preferred the profession of painter.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

But, being a Londoner, he was more probably a gold-beater, or perhaps a beater of cloth.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

Leaf-gold in various colours is supplied either by the gold-beater or the wholesale dealer.

From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul