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spur-maker
[f. spur n.1 + maker. Cf. MDu. spor-, MDu. and Du. spoormaker, sporenmaker, G. spor(e)nmacher, Da. sporemager, Sw. sporrmaker.]
One who makes spurs; a spurrier.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 698 So consequently armorers,..spur-makers, smithes, and such like, are necessarie. 1598Florio, Speronaro, a spurrier or spurmaker. 1676Dunfermline Kirk Session Rec. (1865) 68 A complaint against Wm bell spurrmaker. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 376 The Head or Spurr maker that makes the body of the Spurr..with swan-necks. 1708J. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Gt. Brit. (1710) 23 Rippon [is noted] for Clothiers and Spur⁓makers. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XV. 37/1 [Silver-] Plating..is said to have been invented by a spur-maker. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 57 Harness:..Spring Bar Maker, Spur Maker. |