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

Sirrah, if more to me thou talkest of dogs, Horses, or aught that to thy craft belongs, Thou mayst go hang for me!—A cordwainer Go fetch me straight—the choicest in the town.

From The Love-chase by Morley, Henry

Edmund was sent to Concord and became a cordwainer or shoemaker.

From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)

Studious of his figure and of his attire, he walked as much as possible on his heels, to keep up the reformation he had wrought in the workmanship of the cordwainer.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage