shoemakern.
/ˈʃuːmeɪkə/ 1.
a. A person whose trade it is to make shoes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > shoemaking > shoemaker
souterc1000
cordwainera1100
shoemaker1381
corviser1401
seatsman1719
crispin1721
snob1785
lad of wax1794
shoeman1841
snobber1900
1381 Rolls of Parl. III. 112/2 Johannes Stotesbury, Childe~shomakere.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 164 A philosophur..þat boght a payr of shone on a tyme of a sho-maker.
1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 That the shounemaker sewe well thayre shown.
1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 430 To ye shoo maker for boots and shooes..4li. 3s.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 5 Our shoemaker..employs three journeymen.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 59 His expression and stoop are like those of a shoemaker.
b. In Latin proverb (cf. last n.1 2c).
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1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 177 The Shoomaker ought not to presume aboue the Pantople.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 60 Carrying the shoemaker beyond his last, and encroaching upon the province of divines.
2.
a. In the names of various fishes.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > catostomus nigricans
stone-toter1817
shoemaker1836
stone roller1878
stone-lugger1882
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Tinca (tench)
tench1390
shoemaker1836
the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > shoemaker or blepharis crinitus
shoemaker1884
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > elagatis pinnulatis (runner)
runner1815
shoemaker1884
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Acanthuroidei > member of family Acanthuridae (surgeon-fish)
tang1735
doctor1775
unicorn acanthurus1803
lancet-fish1840
surgeon1855
surgeonfish1871
shoemaker1891
medico1902
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Trachinoidei > member of family Trachinidae (weever) > lesser
sting-fish1836
viper-weever1863
stang1880
stangster1880
stony cobbler1880
shoemaker1904
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 377/2 Table, Shoomaker fish 15 16.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xv. 350 The Hollanders call it [the Tench] a Schoemaker.]
1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 120 Cyprinus (Catastomus) nigricans. (Le Sueur.).. This species is..an inhabitant of Lake Erie, where it is known to the fishermen by the names of ‘Shoemaker’, and ‘Black Sucker’.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 326 The Threadfish, Blepharis crinitus.., also known as the ‘Shoemaker-fish’.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 332 The Runner, Elagatis pinnulatus.., known..at Pensacola as..‘Shoemaker’, is..abundant on the..coasts of Florida.
1891 Cent. Dict. at Coral Coral shoemaker, a fish of the family Teuthididæ and genus Teuthis or Acanthurus, living in the coral reefs of the Seychelles.
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. Shoemaker, the lesser weever, Trachinus vipera; also in comb. Master shoemaker.
b. A name for the bird Skua antarcticus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua)
plunger1655
dung bird1677
skua1678
dung hunter1694
skua-gull1768
dirty allan1771
bonxiea1777
dung teaser1841
weese allan1849
sea-hawk1852
turd-bird1864
shoemaker1867
dirt-bird1885
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Egmont, or Port Egmont Fowls, the large Antarctic gulls with dark-brown plumage, called shoemakers.
Compounds
C1. † shoemaker-loo n. U.S. Obsolete some card game.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > loo
lanterloo1668
loo1675
lant1706
langtra1796
shoemaker-loo1813
1813 R. B. Thomas Farmer's Alm. (Boston, U.S.) Dec. in Kittredge Old Farmer & Almanack (1904) 95 Tom Teazer, well known at the grog shops for a dabster at shoe~maker loo.
C2.
a. Combinations of possessive.
shoemaker's craft n.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 267/1 Shoomakers crafte, cordovanerie.
1540 Maldon (Essex) Liber B 158 Idem Andreas in arte sive occupacione de shomakerscrafte bene et fideliter serviret dictum Cornelium.
b. But chiefly in the names of tools and appliances.
shoemaker's awl n.
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1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A shoe-makers aule.
shoemaker's black n. (black adj. and n. Phrases 9.)
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1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 91 The seedes..being mixed with shomakers blacke, doth take away warts.
shoemaker's end n. (end n. 6c.)
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Lesina A shooe-makers ende or awle.
shoemaker's hammer n.
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1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making 18 A shoemaker's hammer, knife, nippers, glazing iron, and rasp.
shoemaker's knife n.
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1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A shoe-makers knife.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vii. 249 [He] would have gladly stabbed me with his shoemaker's knife.
shoemaker's paste n.
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1866 Athenæum Feb. 243/3 The paste to be used for all prints..should be shoemakers' paste.
shoemaker's rasp n.
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1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making 27 Shoemaker's Rasp.
shoemaker's thread n.
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 420 Fasten on each side of the hole, two ends of Shoomakers thread.
shoemaker's wax n.
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1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. E3v Shoemakers waxe being laide to a Byle.
1885 J. B. Leno Art of Boot- & Shoe-making 221 Shoemakers' Wax..is composed generally of..pitch and resin, with 10 per cent. of tallow.
shoemaker's nippers n.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 349/2 These..Shoo~makers Nippers..having a sharp point in the end of one [shank]; and a slit in the other, to strain up a Tack.
C3. † shoe-maker's stocks n. slang Obsolete shoes which pinch the feet.
shoemaker's bark-tree n. (see quot. 1874).
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1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Shoemaker's bark-tree, a Montserrat name for Byrsonima spicata.
shoemaker's holiday n. †(a) see quot. c1610; also applied to Monday (see Dekker Shoemakers Holiday iii. i); (b) used jocularly (after the title of Dekker's play, a1600) for a day's holiday or ‘outing’ in the country.
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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Monday
MondayOE
shoemaker's holidayc1610
second day1691
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > St. Hugh's Day (17 November) > [noun]
shoemaker's holidayc1610
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] > type of
summering1606
campaign1748
shoemaker's holiday1768
water-party1771
marooning1773
maroon1779
junket1814
pleasure cruise1837
straw ride1856
camp1865
pleasure cruising1880
hanami1891
mystery tour1926
mystery trip1931
awayday1972
gimmick1998
c1610 Christmas Prince (1922) 145 Tuesday [loq.]..Bouzer I am not but mild, sober Tuesday..if I light not on St Hews-day. [Note] The Shoemakers holy-day.
1768 O. Goldsmith in European Mag. & London Rev. (1793) Sept. 172/1 And now my dear boy, if you are not better engaged, I should be glad to enjoy a Shoe-maker's holiday with you.
1822 W. Scott Let. June (1934) VII. 187 Castle Street is bad enough even with the privilege of a hop step and jump to Abbotsford by way of Shoemakers holiday.
shoemaker's spasm n. a synonym given to tetany because of the liability of shoemakers to be affected by it.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > tetanus > tetany
tetanilla1890
tetany1890
shoemaker's spasm1899
1899 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. (1910) VIII. 578 Of 399 cases [of Tetany]..174 occurred in shoemakers (‘shoemaker's spasm’).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other > shoes
slops1480
shoe-maker's stocks1699
liripipe1706
shoes of swiftness1787
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shoemakers-stocks, pincht with strait Shoes.
Derivatives
ˈshoemakeress n. a female shoemaker.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > shoemaking > shoemaker > types of
clicker1699
chuckler1759
chamber-master1823
shoemakeress1860
1860 All Year Round Sept. 523/2 They all bought their shoes of a woman who was called Mother Rousselle... The shoemakeress [etc.].
ˈshoemakerish adj. resembling that of a shoemaker.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > shopkeeper or tradesman
souterly1534
weaverly1643
shopocrat1832
shopkeeperish1840
shoemakerish1866
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xiv. 204 With bead-black eyes and of a shoemakerish presence.
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