shoemaker
16
2.6
- noun
- /ˈʃuːˌmeɪkər/
:
zapatero
- The shoemaker repaired my favorite pair of boots quickly and expertly.
- shoemakers and tailors
- blacksmith and shoemaker
- butchers and shoemakers
So if I have a shoe factory, I don't want to hire expensive shoemakers and Cobblers in my business.
- So if I have a shoe factory, I don't want to hire expensive shoemakers and Cobblers in my business.
- They happen to be in Lex shoemakers, right?
Examples
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The town contained two doctors, two jewelers, a barber, a cigar manufacturer, a tailor, a shoemaker, and a butcher.
Academic text (2001) -
I am sure he has, as we did not expect the shoemaker so soon.
Fiction book (1991) -
The daughter of a shoemaker could not live off of stars or blades.
Blog text (30) -
My father was just A modest shoemaker.
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I had the shoemaker put new soles on this pair.
Fiction book (1990) -
His father was an illiterate shoemaker, and his mother worked as a maid.
Academic text (2007) -
The farmer took the bread to the shoemaker and exchanged it for the boots.
Blog text (24) -
The shoemaker, the dressmaker, and the tailor have almost disappeared because their individual activities take too much time.
Academic text (2011) -
You know the old saying about the shoemaker's children going barefoot.
Fiction book (1992) -
The structures for smiths, saddlers, shoemakers, and the like are relics of now-vanished trades and crafts.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
12
4.4
A person who makes or repairs shoes
1
3.2
A person who makes boots by hand
1
9.9
A person who makes fine leather shoes by hand
A person who makes or sells shoes
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shoemaker is formed from shoe and maker, literally 'one who makes shoes'. Think of clockmaker or peacemaker: maker means someone who makes or fixes things, so a shoemaker makes or repairs shoes.