Shoemaking

Janet he must have been familiar with the processes collectively called shoemaking; and therewith she recognized the word on the slate -- a sutor. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Women worked alongside men, supporting their families primarily through petty commerce, selling all kinds of produce in the marketplace, and also through artisan trades such as shoemaking and tailoring. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It would include therefore the multifarious trades (such as shoemaking) and activities productive of all kinds of goods and services, whereby people are able to obtain a reasonable living; it would include all activities ordered to exchange except those “business” activities directly aimed at increasing one's stock of money by buying and then re-selling the same things (MCM). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Afterward they lead them to the offices of the trades, such as shoemaking, cooking, metal-working, carpentry, painting, etc. ❋ Unknown (2002)

It is the small industries, such as shoemaking and carpentry, which crush the same free industries all round the prison, for they cannot stand against the artificial competition created by the nominal wages of the prison hands. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Man likes light work or none at all -- there he labors all day in the field, or in the blacksmith shop or the other shops devoted to the mechanical trades, such as shoemaking, saddlery, carpentry, and so on. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

Afterwards they lead them to the offices of the trades, such as shoemaking, cooking, metal-working, carpentry, painting, &c. ❋ Tommaso Campanella (1603)

And Joe then walked his way to Spain, earning a living by the shoemaking skills his father had taught him, later sailing for South Africa as a merchant marine. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

Self-taught, Blahnik says he learned the art of shoemaking by trial and error; his interest piqued by watching his mother make espadrilles for fun though her sartorial tastes tended toward couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2012)

Chang got into cooking originally, he says, because it seemed like “the last honorable profession,” a job like shoemaking or glassblowing where quality and craftsmanship mattered. ❋ Lisa Abend (2011)

I am not likely to get a place of any kind. my regular earnings are diminish'd in proportion to my correspondence and calling friends, my rent is a guinea pr month, which you know well canot be supported by journeyman shoemaking, under these circumstances I must either secure a regular income, or devour the produce of my litterary fame. this last I don't like to do, neither do I like mastering. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But while he was studying art in New York, it struck him that its demise would be "a terrible thing for shoemaking." ❋ Barry Newman (2011)

Studies of workers exposed to high levels of benzene, such as those in the chemical, shoemaking and oil refining industries demonstrate higher rates of cancer. ❋ Dr. Nalini Chilkov (2011)

He enrolled in school to learn shoemaking in 2001—but stayed only a year, long enough to learn what he needed before returning to work for Mr. Treacy. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)

That shoemaker [sprayed] [cologne] in his fridge to cover up the smell of [rotten turkey]. ❋ Mike Fuzz (2007)

Were [you going] to [season] that? Don't be a shoemaker. ❋ Buffalochopper (2005)

Look at that [skier], he [cant] even make is [down the hill]. What a shoemaker. ❋ Notshoemaker14 (2011)

The new [cook] is a shoemaker. He [doesn't even] know how to make [chicken stock] ❋ DWL (2005)

When [looking for] a [lawyer] [make sure] he's not a shoemaker. ❋ Nishnob (2015)

[Man] [that guy over there] is a [shoemaker] ❋ Flexseal (2018)

Why did we go to this restaurant? It's [crawling with] shoemakers. Look at that shoemaker over there [in the fur] [vest] & white leather shoes. That dude's outfit is ridiculous. What a friggin' shoemaker! ❋ Fer Serial (2007)

[Well fuck me] here comes The Shoemaker. There are no flies on him, he is meeting his targets cos those midnight [elves] have been [on the case] again. If only those elves could give me a pull out. ❋ Mustang01 (2017)

[That guy over there] is [shoemaker]; he’s [got it going on]. ❋ Lukeb0,0 (2019)

When [looking for] a [lawyer] [make sure] he's not a shoemaker. ❋ Nishnob (2015)