assayer

Example Sentences

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A whistleblower, mine assayer David Fingado, disclosed the mine was meritless to CNN.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022

The King is played in the film by Michael Shannon, a frequent assayer of the quirky and the offbeat in movies.

From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2016

“It’s one of the first $50 gold coins Augustus Humbert struck when he was appointed U.S. assayer in San Francisco in 1851.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2011

"It's one of the first $50 gold coins Augustus Humbert struck when he was appointed U.S. assayer in San Francisco in 1851."

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2011

I was going to Saguache to see Mr. Amos, the assayer, to have him test a jug handle,––er, that is, to have the jug handle test him.

From Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew by McReynolds, Robert