Journeyman
['dʒɜːnɪmən] or ['dʒɝnɪmən]
Definition
(n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Day-laborer.[2]. Hired mechanic.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a journeyman, denotes you are soon to lose money by useless travels. For a woman, this dream brings pleasant trips, though unexpected ones.
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Examples
- A widow lady kept the house; she had a daughter, and a maidservant, and a journeyman who attended the warehouse, but lodged abroad. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The pay of a curate or chaplain, however, may very properly be considered as of the same nature with the wages of a journeyman. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It would be indecent, no doubt, to compare either a curate or a chaplain with a journeyman in any common trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A journeyman blacksmith, though an artificer, seldom earns so much in twelve hours, as a collier, who is only a labourer, does in eight. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the greater part of manufactures, a journeyman maybe pretty sure of employment almost every day in the year that he is able to work. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A journeyman weaver earns less than a journeyman smith. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A journeyman who works by the piece is likely to be industrious, because he derives a benefit from every exertion of his industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- George Webb, who had found a female friend that lent him wherewith to purchase his time of Keimer, now came to offer himself as a journeyman to us. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You're a foul shrew, Mother Gargery, growled the journeyman. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thus in most places, take the year round, a journeyman tailor earns less than a journeyman weaver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A poor independent workman will generally be more industrious than even a journeyman who works by the piece. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This morose journeyman had no liking for me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now, Joe kept a journeyman at weekly wages whose name was Orlick. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The journeymen were inquisitive where I had been, what sort of a country it was, and how I liked it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The master-millers had already departed, and the journeymen were departing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We journeymen must take jobs when we can get them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Increase this surplus, and he will naturally increase the number of his journeymen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Cheap years tend to increase the proportion of independent workmen to journeymen and servants of all kinds, and dear years to diminish it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1733 I sent one of my journeymen to Charleston, South Carolina, where a printer was wanting. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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