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[blak-smith] / ˈblækˌsmɪθ /


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The game was played on a field behind the shop of the local blacksmith.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Radhwan, a 70-year-old blacksmith, felt a bullet or a piece of debris — he couldn’t tell — graze his upper lip.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

It’s hand-hammered by a blacksmith, resulting in a beautiful finish and an heirloom-quality roaster.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

Historical markings along Caliente-Bodfish Road indicate buildings that once existed: barbershop, a blacksmith, the Grand Inn and a livery stable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2024

“Folks said Pa was a fool for not going north. ‘Northerners won the Civil War,’ Sukie, his best friend, the blacksmith, said.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot.

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

In Denny’s telling, dreams of wizards and blacksmiths, dark forests and dank castles shape the newest digital realms.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2024

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.

From Seattle Times Dec. 25, 2023

They were doctors, lawyers, politicians, scientists, teachers, politicians, engineers, blacksmiths, generals, soldiers, artists, poets, writers, artisans, farmers, explorers, businesspeople, philosophers, and people from a range of other backgrounds.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2023

The sound of the blacksmiths hammer on his anvil reminded me of Polly, our tardy serving girl.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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