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  • noun Plural form of blacksmith.

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Examples

  • So the hare filled his little water-bottle and went on till he came to a blacksmith's forge, but the blacksmiths were all sitting under a tree and doing no work.

    The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

  • The two Lafittes were, at the time young Lemaitre reached his majority (say 1808 or 1812), only merchant-blacksmiths, so to speak, a term intended to convey the idea of blacksmiths who never soiled their hands, who were men of capital, stood a little higher than the clergy, and moved in society among its autocrats.

    Old Creole Days 1879

  • (say 1808 or 1812), only merchant blacksmiths, so to speak, a term intended to convey the idea of blacksmiths who never soiled their hands, who were men of capital, stood a little higher than the clergy, and moved in society among its autocrats.

    Madame Delphine George Washington Cable 1884

  • Actually, its biggest problem is that it's in an industry that is approaching "blacksmiths" and "haberdashers" in relevance, but that hasn't stopped B&N from staying the classier option.

    history abhors a vacuum 2009

  • Actually, its biggest problem is that it's in an industry that is approaching "blacksmiths" and "haberdashers" in relevance, but that hasn't stopped B&N from staying the classier option.

    yet spencer's gifts lives on 2009

  • ‘Assisted’ migrants were individuals whose travel was subsidised or paid for by the government or another benefactor. 454,665 assisted names were released today, 440,000 97% of which were British, most belonging to workers such as blacksmiths and shepherds who were encouraged to emigrate to provide essential services and promote commerce.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • ‘Assisted’ migrants were individuals whose travel was subsidised or paid for by the government or another benefactor. 454,665 assisted names were released today, 440,000 97% of which were British, most belonging to workers such as blacksmiths and shepherds who were encouraged to emigrate to provide essential services and promote commerce.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • ‘Assisted’ migrants were individuals whose travel was subsidised or paid for by the government or another benefactor. 454,665 assisted names were released today, 440,000 97% of which were British, most belonging to workers such as blacksmiths and shepherds who were encouraged to emigrate to provide essential services and promote commerce.

    Historical records reveal Australian relatives of 16 million Britons Thatsnews 2008

  • ‘Assisted’ migrants were individuals whose travel was subsidised or paid for by the government or another benefactor. 454,665 assisted names were released today, 440,000 97% of which were British, most belonging to workers such as blacksmiths and shepherds who were encouraged to emigrate to provide essential services and promote commerce.

    Ancestry.co.uk assembles the most complete collection of Australian immigration records ever published online Thatsnews 2008

  • The inhabitants are chiefly landowners, together with a few shopkeepers and the necessary tradesmen, such as blacksmiths and carpenters, who do nearly all the business for a circuit of fifty miles round.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

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