tinsmith

[ tin-smith ]

/ ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ /

a person who makes or repairs tinware or items of other light metals.

Origin of tinsmith

First recorded in 1805–15; tin + smith

In use it is fastened on the end of a cane or stick, and can be easily made by any tinsmith.

Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects |C. V. Riley
(f) When a blacksmith, tinsmith, or plumber have tried to repair a case, Fig. 189.

The Automobile Storage Battery |O. A. Witte
Fig 64 shows a dipper with a solid handle which any tinsmith can make.

The Book of Cheese |Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
So she interviewed the tinsmith to see if he could not get up something a little more tony than the regulation fifty-cent sort.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 |Various

It was to a tinsmith's shop, where a bath had been ordered for my accommodation.

A Flat Iron for a Farthing |Juliana Horatia Ewing

tinsmith

/ (ˈtɪnˌsmɪθ) /

a person who works with tin or tin plate