Chiodarolo as a profession?

[ryan92345]

I've been transcribing some State Civil records from Southern Italy and I keep coming across the profession of Chiodarolo. I've found it at least 50 times and I'm pretty sure that's the exact spelling. I wonder what kind of job it was, hopefully someone will be able to translate it

[PippoM]

Yes, and as it seems from a short search by Google, it was a common work.
They were nail makers. For instance, I found that only in the small town of Cantù, there were over 100 hundred "chiodaroli" (from "chiodo"="nail")

[ryan92345]

Thanks for the help!