A person or machine that manufactures brads (thin nails).
Compound word from 'brad' (thin nail) and 'maker' (one who makes). This term emerged during the Industrial Revolution when brad manufacturing became a specialized trade.
In the 1800s, bradmakers were skilled craftspeople who could hand-draw wire and cut nails with precision—but by 1900, machines made bradmakers obsolete, and factories could produce millions of uniform brads daily, making nails cheaper than wood shavings.
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