cordwainingn.
/ˈkɔːdweɪnɪŋ/ The art or craft of the cordwainer; cordwainery.
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the gentle craft1592
shoemaking1611
cordwaining1758
cordwainery1834
1758 in L. Chalkley Chron. Settlem. Virginia (1912) I. 470 Binds himself..to learn cord waining.
1812 Sporting Mag. 40 13 I entertain the most exalted ideas of the ingenious ‘art and craft of cordwaining’.
1900 Daily News 17 Oct. 6/2 He was initiated at his father's house of business..into the mysteries of cordwaining.
1901 W. J. Locke Usurper xv I think I shall learn to make boots. Have you any professors of cordwaining at Greybrooke, Alicia?
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