handicraftsman

Example Sentences

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He is handicraftsman in that he guides and directs them by his skill within the scope of activity to which they are designed.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

In course of time the handicraftsman followed the peddler, the German shoemaker, the tinsmith, and the saddler established themselves; the tents changed into strongly-built houses that stood around the market-place.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

The artist, like the handicraftsman, must learn his art.

From Life of Charles Dickens by Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas)

And once the handicraftsman contemplates the shape as it issues from his fingers, his mind will be gripped by that liking or disliking expressed by the words "beautiful" and "ugly."

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon

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