"Tinsmith" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... orchestra conducted by Moisey Ilyitch Shahkes, the tinsmith, who took more than half their receipts for himself, played as a rule at weddings in the town. As Yakov played very well on the fiddle, especially Russian songs, Shahkes sometimes invited him to join the orchestra ...
— The Chorus Girl and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... first tried hydraulic work a tinsmith made a nozzle out of sheet iron, but when put in practice, instead of throwing a solid stream, it scattered like an shotgun, and up at Moore's Flat they called the claims where they ...
— Death Valley in '49 • William Lewis Manly
... Frank Randall, tinsmith and plumber, who ran his shop on the main street, rented me a back room over his store, for two dollars a week. It had been occupied by big Sam, the negro shoemaker, and it was neither in order, nor did it ...
— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp |
