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smithwright en · NOUN

Etymology

From smith + wright.

Meanings

1. A blacksmith.
   • Amongst the local craftsmen in the building and iron-workers' trades, carriage builders, smithwrights, mill hands, signwriters, painters and decorators, &c., are many former students. 1906, Victorian Year-book, page 240:
   • Richard Davis of Dorchester was a smith-wright, whatever that may have been, and in the inventory of his probate record appears "ye Shoppe" with two cast anvils, bellows, and other tools for a smithwright. 1932, Samuel Forbes Rockwell, Davis Families of Early Roxbury and Boston, page 39:
   • A smithwright and tailor are, also, good trades ; but spirits being so cheap, too many fall into the drink. 1831, William Cattermole, Emigration, page 205:

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