farrier
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His father was a farrier, his grandfather ran a company making wire machinery and his ancestors were nail makers.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Mr. Foreman taught on a Zuni reservation in New Mexico and worked as a farrier, or horseshoer, before joining the Wilderness Society as its Southwest regional representative.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
By the mid-1960s, he was working as a farrier shoeing horses for TV westerns, and he eventually was recruited for stunts.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2020
Ring gets his horseshoes from a farrier friend of his, who gives him old horseshoes in exchange for help with occasional welding projects.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2017
It had been so long since a farrier had trimmed War Chief’s hooves that he hobbled painfully around the yard like a crippled ballerina.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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