tinsmith

[ tin-smith ]

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

a person who makes or repairs tinware or items of other light metals.

Nearby words

tinpot, tinsel, tinselly, tinselry, tinseltown, tinsmith, tinstone, tint, tint tool, tintack, tintagel head

Origin of tinsmith

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

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Examples from the Web for tinsmith

In use it is fastened on the end of a cane or stick, and can be easily made by any tinsmith.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects|C. V. Riley
(f) When a blacksmith, tinsmith, or plumber have tried to repair a case, Fig. 189.
The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
Fig 64 shows a dipper with a solid handle which any tinsmith can make.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
So she interviewed the tinsmith to see if he could not get up something a little more tony than the regulation fifty-cent sort.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888|Various

It was to a tinsmith's shop, where a bath had been ordered for my accommodation.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing|Juliana Horatia Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for tinsmith

tinsmith

/ (ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ) /

noun

a person who works with tin or tin plate

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