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goldsmith [ˈgəʊldˌsmɪθ] n 1. (Business / Commerce) a. a dealer in articles made of gold b. an artisan who makes such articles 2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a dealer or manufacturer of gold articles who also engaged in banking or other financial business 3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) (in Malaysia) a Chinese jeweller Goldsmith [ˈgəʊldˌsmɪθ] n
(Biographies / Goldsmith, Oliver (?1730-1774) M, Irish, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist) Oliver. ?1730-74, Irish poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| In the sharply foreshortened perspective of the past I seem to have read them all at once, but I am aware of an order of time in the pleasure they gave me, and I know that Goldsmith came first. The bird flew away and alighted on the house of a goldsmith and began to sing: expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith, from both of whom we |
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