[f. TIN + SMITH: cf. goldsmith, silversmith, etc.] A worker in tin; a maker of tin utensils; a whitesmith.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Tinsmith, a worker in tin.
1865. J. Cameron, Malayan India, 61. These are … blacksmiths, tinsmiths, gunsmiths.
1892. H. Le Caron, 25 Years Secret Service (1893), 303. The convict Martin Burke called at a tinsmith’s shop, and asked the smith to solder up a box for him.
Hence Tinsmithing vbl. sb. (see -ING1), doing tinsmith’s work; working in tin.
1897. Westm. Gaz., 15 Feb., 10/1. His occupation is that of a tinsmith in Leith, and one of his platform stories deals with the tinsmithing job that he was tackling when elected M.P.
1902. Times, 14 July, 12/5. The various industries … included tinsmithing, carpentry, engineering.
