tradesman
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“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The first—the shark—comes from Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster Jaws, in which a sheriff, a scientist, and a tradesman roll up their sleeves and put themselves in harm’s way to defeat a ferocious great white.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024
But he eventually developed a debilitating medical condition due to the injury, according to court documents, leading the skilled tradesman to quit his job.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
Chris Jardine sleeps in a bedroom which looks more like a building site after the tradesman he hired took his money and never finished the work.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
“Yes; he did not stay many minutes in the house: Missis was very high with him; she called him afterwards a ‘sneaking tradesman.’
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Anna Moynihan set up TaskHer, a platform connecting female tradies with customers who need jobs done, after feeling frustrated when tradesmen she had booked for renovation work would address her husband rather than her.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
On a recent evening in a local pub, two builders asked other patrons for recommendations for tradesmen and were told they had to wait several weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“This was an industry of gatekeepers,” he said, adding that master tradesmen ultimately viewed their apprentices — working in the same 10- to 15-mile radius as them — as competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
Here’s how the day usually goes: At 3 p.m. sharp, about 3,500 members of Zurich’s ancient guilds — associations of artisans or tradesmen that date to the Middle Ages — embark on a parade.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
There were tradesmen, traders, tinkers, masons, and carpenters, hauling goods of one kind or another.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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