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  • My uncle Paul was a master brassfounder; but when he retired he set up a most successful ballroom dancing academy.

    Its A Grand Old Name Newmania 2007

  • In reply, he ... described himself as a brassfounder ....

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • Her grandfather, the first Isaac Taylor, was the son of a brassfounder at Worcester, and while learning his father's business, early showed a talent for Engraving.

    Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor 1874

  • 'The wife of a brassfounder,' he said to Clara; 'made a lot of money, and now he has bought a house at Dulwich and is setting up a library.

    Clara Hopgood Mark Rutherford 1872

  • We form joints and links of connexion, adapt large apertures to small, and thus dispense altogether with the aid of the brassfounder and the mechanist.

    Familiar Letters on Chemistry Justus Freiherr von Liebig 1838

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