handicraftsman
Example Sentences
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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
Medieval agriculture was carried on by peasants holding small amounts of land which would correspond to the small shops and slender capital of the handicraftsman.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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
It was still, happily, the age of the handicraftsman; the machinery age was yet to come.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
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
