panel beater

British

noun

a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles

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The retired panel beater praised Ms Speechley, saying she chatted to him and distracted him from the pain he was in.

From BBC

Behind the ordinary façade of an RAF veteran and panel beater, Ken was an eccentric British technological tinkerer, the documentary shows.

From BBC

The Birmingham City fan was left needing five operations on his badly injured hand, losing his grip and his job as a specialist panel beater.

From BBC

Ms Freeman was born in Ayr, the daughter of a panel beater and a nurse.

From BBC

That’s when it takes a modern-day artisan the Europeans call a “panel beater,” a term that doesn’t do justice to the finesse involved.

From New York Times

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