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tinsmith

/ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ/

tinsmith noun: a person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.

Noun

tinsmith (plural tinsmiths)

  1. A person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.
    • "Then bring them to me," she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, "Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?"1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
    • A little later this was replaced by a new-fangled naphtha lamp made by a local tinsmith which gave a better light but emitted an evil smell.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 23
  2. A dealer in tin goods.

tinsmith meaning in Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese

tinsmith in Indonesian

a person who makes or repairs things with tin
pandai kaleng, tukang kaleng

tinsmith in Persian

a person who makes or repairs things with tin
رویگر ruygar

tinsmith in Vietnamese

a person who makes or repairs things with tin
thợ thiếc

Synonyms of tinsmith

Forms of tinsmith

pluraltinsmiths

Origin of tinsmith

From tin + smith.

Words formed from tinsmith

Questions about tinsmith

What does tinsmith mean?
Tinsmith means a person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys.
What is tinsmith in Indonesian?
Tinsmith in Indonesian is pandai kaleng, tukang kaleng. See Tinsmith meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is tinsmith?
Tinsmith is a noun.
How do you pronounce tinsmith?
Tinsmith is pronounced /ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ/.
What is the plural of tinsmith?
The plural of tinsmith is tinsmiths.

Words near tinsmith in the dictionary

  1. Tinsley Green
  2. tinsleyite
  3. Tinsleys
  4. Tinsman
  5. Tinsmans
  6. tinsmith
  7. tinsmithies
  8. tinsmithing
  9. tinsmiths
  10. tinsmithy
  11. tinsnips

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