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toolmaker

American  
[tool-mey-ker] / ˈtulˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.


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Origin of toolmaker

First recorded in 1835–45; tool + maker

Example Sentences

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In late 2024, the fund channeled roughly $63 million into Piotech Jianke, a subsidiary of the Shenyang-based toolmaker Piotech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"We don't really feel that growth," Chris Wu, the sales director of machine toolmaker Litz Hitech Corp in Taiwan's manufacturing hub of Taichung, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

His mother worked in a factory; his father worked nights as a toolmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

"I have no happy memories whatsoever," he said, and he quit at 15 to take up a job as an apprentice toolmaker with Vickers.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

Thiel had lived in America for fourteen years and worked as a toolmaker for automobile factories.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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