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pinmaker|ˈpɪnˌmeɪkə(r)|
One whose business or work is to make pins.
1530Palsgr. 254/2 Pynne maker, esplinguier. 1644Canterbury Marr. Licences (MS.), Thomas Lashford, pinnmaker. 1764Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 170 A paltry, praying, pitiful pin-maker! 1883Goldw. Smith in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 807 Poet and pinmaker alike may aspire to the Christian Ideal.
So ˈpin-ˌmaking n.; also attrib. or adj.
1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 288 Trades in which young persons are engaged in numbers, such as sewing, pin-making, or coal-mining. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 184 Doctor Kinsley..invented a pin-making machine. |