shoemaker
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English
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Etymology
From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.
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Noun
shoemaker (plural shoemakers)
- A person who makes shoes.
- 1833, Arabella Sullivan, Recollections of a Chaperon, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 229:
- He especially recommended the only shoemaker who, to his mind, had an idea of making a shoe; and Lucy had at least half-a-dozen pair made, fitted, and descanted upon, before he was satisfied that they did justice to the shape of her foot, which proved extremely good when it was properly chaussé.
- 1911 October, W. R. D., “Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General’s Office, United States Army. Authors and Subjects. Second Series, Vol. XV. S—Skin Grafting. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910.)”, in American Journal of Insanity, volume LXVIII, number 2, page 327:
- The diseases of shoemakers receive attention as well as the toxicology of shoepolish.
- The threadfish.
- A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.
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a person who makes shoes
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