locksmith

[ lok-smith ]

/ ˈlɒkˌsmɪθ /

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noun

a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.

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Origin of locksmith

1200–50; Middle English loksmith (first attested as surname). See lock¹, smith

OTHER WORDS FROM locksmith

lock·smith·er·y, nounlocksmithing, noun

Words nearby locksmith

Lockport, lock rail, lockram, lock seam, lockset, locksmith, lockstep, lock stitch, lock, stock, and barrel, lock the barn door after the horse has bolted, lockup

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The good woman who encouraged me with this piece of information certainly thought I was a journeyman locksmith.
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At that distant date one of the notables of the hamlet, a locksmith by trade, who had "inherited property," was Claude Guillorit.
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For, in spite of his explicit locksmith's sign, locks were wrapped in mystery for Claudit—so called "for short."
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Overhearing this advice, one or two of the boys lounging about offered to guide the young ladies to a locksmith.
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British Dictionary definitions for locksmith

locksmith

/ (ˈlɒkˌsmɪθ) /

noun

a person who makes or repairs locks

Derived forms of locksmith

locksmithery or locksmithing, noun

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