gold-beater
- a word derived from gold-beating.
Example Sentences
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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
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
A gold-beater can cover the effigy of a man on horseback with a sovereign; but he must have the sovereign first.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
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
After a time the rubber or rag may be sold to the gold-beater, who recovers the gold.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel
