Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1901 — New Word and Its Meaning. [ARTICLE]

New Word and Its Meaning.

One of the finest Anglo-Saxon words among recent new additions is the word “housesmith,” which describes the (workers on the new iron structures used in the building of apartments and large office establishments. The trade rwhlch is in some ways the antipodes of the houßesmlths is that of mechanics who pull down old city buildings to make way for new. It has been hard to coin a name for this trade. The latest attempt is "h/ousewreekers.”