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body builder en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
    • BLACKSMITH—A carriage blacksmith; a sober, competent mechanic; good pay and steady work: also four painters and two body builders. Gate City Carriage company, Winona, Minn. 1887 June 5, “Situations Offered. Male.”, in The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saint Paul, Minn., page 16, column 1:
    • Nearly all of the carriage makers in New Haven have made a reduction of ten per cent. in the pay of blacksmiths and body builders. 1883 July 9, “Strike in New Haven”, in The Meriden Daily Republican, 16th year, number 158, Meriden, Conn., page [3], column 3:
    • WANTED, by Mr. Jonathan Reynolds, Carriage Builder and Appraiser, Merthyr Tydfil, TWO Good HANDS, as BODY BUILDERS or WHEELERS, and a COACH PAINTER. 1870 May 30, “Situations Vacant”, in Western Mail, number 337, Cardiff, page 2, column 1:

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