farrier

Example Sentences

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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

Mom was down working at the pants factory, so I just hung around with the farrier.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos