tinsmith

[ tin-smith ]

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

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

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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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