handicraftsman

Example Sentences

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He spoke of himself visiting the South Kensington Museum on Saturday nights, "to see the handicraftsman, the wood-worker, the glass-blower, and the worker in metals."

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

The old-type handicraftsman and small merchant are obviously menaced by modern industrial and business methods, and the peasant masses are in little better shape.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

Nor mine," said the Knave; "but no doubt you are a handicraftsman.

From Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

He is now fast becoming extinct also—that is, as a distinct handicraftsman spending his whole time in such trapping.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

A handicraftsman thinks an apprenticeship necessary to make him acquainted with his business.

From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson