handicraftsman

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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

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

It would have been better, after all, if he had been apprenticed to a handicraftsman," said the porter's wife, weeping; "for then we could have kept him with us.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Menah or Menyah=artificer, artisan, builder, handicraftsman; cf. verb men=to build, found, establish, erect, also menta'al=to govern.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia