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

A cordwainer of the street of the Soubirous Hauts obtained this honour, and the wife, though speaking only the sweet Provencal tongue, soon established the most friendly relations with M. Gardon's daughter-in-law.

From The Chaplet of Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Now this John Adams, lawyer, was the son of John Adams, honest farmer and cordwainer, who had bought the Penniman homestead, and whose progenitor, Henry Adams, had moved there in Sixteen Hundred Thirty-six.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Hubbard, Elbert

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