point-makern.
/ˈpɔɪntˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪntˌmeɪkər/ Now historical.
A maker of points (point n.1 23a) or laces.
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wimpler1260
paltock-maker1376
wimplester1379
point-maker1405
girdler1428
silk-maid1474
pointer1500
middlemana1525
jack-maker1541
paste-wife1550
silkman1553
body-maker1573
linen-armourer1603
bodice-maker1672
costumier1798
costumer1830
costumist1842
rober1852
stock-maker1858
tie-maker1901
1405 Close Roll, 6 Henry IV 28 Feb. (P.R.O.: C 54/254) m. 20 Johannes Euerdoun Poyntmaker.
1425–6 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 191 (MED) An poynt-maker, atte celer yn seynt laurence lane hath j quart pott nought seled.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxiiij He was a citezen and poyntmaker of London.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Agujetero A point maker.
1622 J. Chamberlain Let. 26 Oct. (1939) II. 460 Yt is a straunge sight..to see bookesellers, stocking men, haberdashers, pointmakers, and other meane trades crept into the goldsmithes row.
1641 Bvll from Rome sig. A3v Let the point-makers, and Button-makers, then draw neare and receive their conjunct pardon.
1776 J. Strutt Horda Angel-Cynnan III. 51 A spur-maker, a pouch-maker, a purse-maker, a point-maker, and a glover, one would imagine, must be at least all incorporated in one, to make up a comfortable subsistence for a man and his family.
1794 A. Young Trav. France (ed. 2) I. 559 There are 8 or 9000 point-makers at and about Alençon.
1920 Eng. Hist. Rev. 35 245 The occupations..make a long list: blacksmith, brazier, carpenter,..pewterer, point-maker, saddle-plate-maker.
1991 Econ. Hist. Rev. 44 52 As early as 1609..the marriage of William Vale, a pointmaker of Colyford, appeared in the marriage register.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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