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New furnishings were commissioned by the Eve Branson Foundation from local blacksmiths in Asni, and from artisans in Marrakech.—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 By 1885 the new settlement’s population soared to more than 2,000, and hotels, restaurants, blacksmiths, saloons, shops and more lined both sides of Main Street, Second and Third Avenues.—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025 Safed Street, once the camp’s main commercial and industrial artery, lined with dozens of workshops and blacksmiths, is littered with rubble.—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025 Each town was equipped with livery stables, blacksmiths, grocers, banks, dry goods, and shops to house shoemakers, broom makers, harness makers and so on.—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blacksmith
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Etymology
Middle English blaksmyth, from blakblack entry 1 + smythsmith; from a distinction between black metal (iron) and white metal (tin)
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