tinsmith
noun/ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ/
Etymology From tin + smith.
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.
- Synonyms
- tinner, whitesmith
- Derived terms
- tinsmithing
- Hypernyms
- smith, metalsmith