pinmakern.
/ˈpɪnˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌmeɪkər/ A person who makes pins or nails.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > needle- or pin-maker > [noun]
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1350 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 30 (MED) Pinmaker.
?1352 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 45 (MED) Robertus de Badby, pinmaker.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 254/2 Pynne maker, esplinguier.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Agucchiarúolo A pinner or pinmaker.
1644 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Thomas Lashford, pinnmaker.
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 18 A paltry, prying, pitiful pin-maker.
a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xx. 85 She was pretty, so perhaps she married a pinmaker and led a private, instead of a hazardous publick, life.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 807 Poet and pinmaker alike may aspire to the Christian Ideal.
1903 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 31 Jan. 22638/2 With the new tariff law of 1842,..the pin-makers of America entered upon a career of prosperity.
2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 14 Apr. 15 St Sebastian... Patron saint of pinmakers because of his resemblance to a pincushion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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