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cordwainer

[kawrd-way-ner] / ˈkɔrd weɪ nər /
NOUN
cobbler
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NOUN
shoemaker
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In Europe, she said, she had studied and performed ballet and actually aspired to be a cordwainer, because she loved the smell of leather and considered fine shoes to be works of art.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2015

In 1429, when Louis was five years old, the fortunes of his father King Charles VII fell so low that a cordwainer refused to sell him a pair of shoes on credit.

From Time Magazine Archive

There broods a sombre cordwainer from Bremen, gloating over his enormous pipe, in form and size like a small barrel, raising an atmosphere for himself of the fumes of coarse uncut knaster. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie

The man's face flushed scarlet, and he seemed extremely agitated at the question—but at length he replied,— "I was an apprentice to a cordwainer, but my indentures were given up before I left England, sir."

From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by James Wells Champney

A green bag is now the badge of a cordwainer in this city.

From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various


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