smither
nounEtymology smith + -er
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A smith (worker with iron or other metals; one who smiths)
smither
noun/ˈsmɪðə(ɹ)/
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In plural A fragment, shard or small piece.
- My lass, when I cooms to die, / Smash the bottle to smithers, the Divil's in 'im,' said I.1880, Alfred Tennyson, “[Ballads and Other Poems.] The Northern Cobbler”, in Ballads and Other Poems, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza XVIII, page 38:
- That claim of mine, which was yours, has got a seventeen-foot vein and a sandstone roof, and not a smither of slate or bone in it.1920, Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg, page 164:
- Related terms
- smithereens