handicraftsman

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Here one leafy afternoon Arnold came so near praying that he raised his head in some confusion at the thought of the profane handicraftsman who might claim the vague tribute of his spirit.

From Hilda A Story of Calcutta by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

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

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

Born in Norfolk, in 1785, he was apprenticed to a joiner, and, becoming a very superior handicraftsman, he rapidly took a prominent position as a maker of agricultural implements. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

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

Now that the designer and the handicraftsman are separate persons, the work of the former is unreal, and of the latter merely mechanical.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)