handicraftsman
Example Sentences
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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
His self-respect made him wise and careful in regard to his dress, but in other matters many a handicraftsman was accustomed to more luxury than he.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André
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
We could not help wishing that some rural grandee, who avows that he hates all manufacturers, could see this fair specimen of an English handicraftsman.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
A handicraftsman 0 0 8 A common labourer, from 3d. to 5d.
