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- noun A person who
shapes metal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
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Examples
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"It took us 20 minutes just to turn the corner," said Oscal Nunez, a metalworker trying to drive his van to a nearby theater.
Obama, Security Advisers Meet on Terror Threat Adam Entous 2011
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Brazil's economic boom is perceived by voters to be the result of policies pursued by President Luiz In á cio Lula da Silva, the immensely popular former metalworker and union leader who is barred from running for a third consecutive term.
Brazilians Vote in Presidential Runoff Paulo Prada 2010
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Has Lula, the former metalworker who, unlike previous Brazilian presidents, does not have an academic background and can speak no English, become a symbol of this new Brazilian status?
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Does the country play a new role in the world? 2009
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"I'm very happy to see him," said Ricard Joseph, a 49-year-old metalworker who walked three hours for a chance to meet the former president.
Aristide Roils Haiti Election Ingrid Arnesen 2011
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A Galatea figure, she is crafted by a metalworker to be the perfect wife, and then discarded because she is too cold.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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Lula -- issued from a very poor family in the poor northeast, and a former metalworker -- rattled the nerves of the old-style Brazilian sub-imperialist comprador elite to an extent that is hard to fathom abroad.
Pepe Escobar: Is Brazil the New United States? Pepe Escobar 2010
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"It took us 20 minutes just to turn the corner," said Oscal Nunez, a metalworker trying to drive his van to a nearby theater.
Three People Sought In 9/11 Anniversary Plot Devlin Barrett 2011
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From a poor family, he never finished university but continued to study part-time while supporting himself as a metalworker.
Jose Saramago Dead: Nobel Prize Winning Portuguese Novelist Dies At 87 2010
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In one of the workshops, veteran metalworker Kemal Hidic was turning old tank shells into engraved vases.
A new look at Bosnia Herzegovina Sophie Cooke 2010
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According to Lutze, Baum was a noted metalworker whom museum curators routinely hired to manufacture specialty display cases.
HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010
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