cordwainer
/kawrd-wey-ner/US // ˈkɔrd weɪ nər //UK // (ˈkɔːdˌweɪnə) //
帘子工,帘子手,帘子布,帘子布艺师
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Archaic.
- : a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.
- : shoemaker; cobbler.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incobbler
as inshoemaker
Examples
Cordwainer was the old name for "shoemaker," and is still kept in the names of shoemakers' guilds and societies.
"Both equally necessary members of the body corporate," said Henry, whose father had been a cordwainer.
An intelligent cordwainer of this city has invented a bathing shoe to fit the under-toe at Long Branch.
I was an apprentice to a cordwainer, but my indentures were given up before I left England, sir.
"She shall have a good cloak," said he; and he proceeded to inform me that he was a cordwainer.
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