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

“Well,” said she, “take the measure of my foot, and desire the cordwainer to make shoes for me.”

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

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

On a fine summer's evening, at the door of one of these large antiquated houses, sat Dame Deborah Thrumpkinson, the aged widow of Barachiah Thrumpkinson, cordwainer, deceased.

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas