Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The master or superintendent of a mint.
- noun One who invents or fabricates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.
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Examples
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As he was a young man of good character, industrious in his business, and a member of the church, the mint-master very readily gave his consent.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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"There, son Sewell!" cried the honest mint-master, resuming his seat in
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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The mint-master also was pleased with his new son-in-law; especially as he had courted Miss Betsey out of pure love, and had said nothing at all about her portion.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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When the mint-master had grown very rich, a young man, Samuel Sewell by name, fell in love with his only daughter.
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders
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The box to which the mint-master pointed was a huge square, iron-bound, oaken chest; it was big enough, my children, for all four of you to play hide-and-seek in.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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Captain John Hull was the mint-master of Massachusetts, and coined all the money that was made there.
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders
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The Captain John Hull aforesaid was the mint-master of Massachusetts, and coined all the money that was made there.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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The magistrates soon began to suspect that the mint-master would have the best of the bargain.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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The magistrates soon began to suspect that the mint-master would have the best of the bargain.
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders
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"Daughter Betsey," said the mint-master, "get into one side of these scales."
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders
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