Locksmith
['lɒksmɪθ] or ['lɑk'smɪθ]
Definition
(n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
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Examples
- In 1855 Ernst Michaux, a French locksmith, applied, for the first time, the foot cranks and pedals to the axle of the drive wheel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The door had eventually to be opened by a locksmith from Aldershot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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