cordwainer

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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

And among the grooms there was one Bob Totten, a man born and reared in Barnstable, and who had, many years ago, been a fellow cordwainer in the same shop with the major.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

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 Champney, James Wells

“Well,” said she, “take the measure of my foot, and desire the cordwainer to make shoes for me.”

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir