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locksmith [lok-smith] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a person who makes or repairs locks and keys. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of locksmith 1200–50; Middle English loksmith (first attested as surname). See lock1, smith Related formslock·smith·er·y, nounlock·smith·ing, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for locksmith Contemporary Examples of locksmith
Enrique Sr. opened a lawn-mower shop and later became a locksmith.
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She was trained as a locksmith and she knew about picking locks.
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Historical Examples of locksmith
She resisted an impulse to say that she had broken the key in the lock and to send for the locksmith.
E. Nesbit
The locksmith had carried petitions and memorials to the fountain-head, with his own hands.
Charles Dickens
The very man was here to-night,’ thought the locksmith, changing colour.
Charles Dickens
Acting on this hint, the locksmith prepared to take his leave.
Charles Dickens
I love all the ladies, ma’am,’ said Hugh, turning to the locksmith’s wife.
Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for locksmith locksmith noun a person who makes or repairs locks Derived Formslocksmithery or locksmithing, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for locksmith n.
early 13c., from lock (n.1) + smith.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
