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

An apprentice of a cordwainer in the town ran away in 1764, or, as it was worded on the police notice, "did elope from service."

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

On a fine summer's evening, at the door of one of these large antiquated houses, sat Dame Deborah Thrumpkinson, the aged widow of Barachiah Thrumpkinson, cordwainer, deceased.

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas

Occasionally they might be found amongst tradesmen; but they were most frequently met with at the loom, or amongst those who had learned the art and mystery of a cordwainer.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various