tinsmith

American

[tin-smith] / ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

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

tinsmith British

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

noun

a person who works with tin or tin plate

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Etymology

Origin of tinsmith

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

Example Sentences

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He worked for a while as a tinsmith in his father's foundry before moving to Edinburgh to study and then pursue an acting career.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Before entering school at 11, he sold firewood and worked for a local tinsmith.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2017

He sold firewood as a child and became an apprentice to a tinsmith.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2017

A hard-working, hard-driving Northerner who migrated to St. Louis no later than 1826, Mansfield devoted himself, as Brown claimed, to his work as a tinsmith and building contractor, carrying on his trade on a large scale.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2014

These were the cottages in which the servants lived, and where the blacksmith, tinsmith, and tanner plied their trades.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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