Shoemaking
[ʃu:,meikiŋ]
Definition
(n.) The business of a shoemaker.
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Examples
- No garret, no shoemaking, no One Hundred and Five, North Tower, now! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Prior to 1861 shoemaking was confined to the slow, laborious hand methods of the shoemaker. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This advanced the art of shoemaking in the finer varieties of shoes, and to-day nearly all men’s fine shoes are made in this way. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this form shoemaking has become a thriving industry in New England and in some other parts of the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A revolution in the art of shoemaking thus started was followed up by wondrous machines invented to meet every part of the manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Shoemaking by Machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the midst of the action he went astray, and, with another deep sigh, fell to work at his shoemaking. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The pegging machines and sewing machines worked a revolution in shoemaking. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Or like shoemaking for the acquisition of shoes,--that is what you mean? Plato. The Republic.
- He slept heavily, and his tray of shoemaking tools, and his old unfinished work, were all as usual. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And an art requiring as much attention as shoemaking? Plato. The Republic.
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