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chainsmiths

chainsmiths is the plural of chainsmith.

Meaning of chainsmith

Noun

chainsmith (plural chainsmiths)

  1. A person who makes metal chains.
    • We could never understand why any man should choose the career of a chainsmith, except, possibly, for the reason that it ran in the family, for a more arduous and unpleasant manner of earning one's living could scarcely be imagined, unless it was the business of moulding permanent-way chairs in an...1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 13–14

Questions about chainsmiths

What is chainsmiths the plural of?
Chainsmiths is the plural of chainsmith.

Words near chainsmiths in the dictionary

  1. chainset
  2. chainsets
  3. chainshot
  4. chainshots
  5. chainsmith
  6. chainsmiths
  7. chainsmoke
  8. chainsmoked
  9. chainsmokes
  10. chainsmoking
  11. chainsmokings

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