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clockmaker
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Noun1.clockmakerclockmaker - someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
clocksmith
artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
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If the list of titles reminds us of the significance of England's upper classes during the long eighteenth century, then the list of occupations provides us with the (also in part duplicated) names of 1785 butchers, of more than 4,000 button-makers, of more than 2,600 cheesemongers, and of more than 3,000 coal merchants as well as of more than 14,000 sellers of clothing, 500 clockmakers, 2,500 brewers, 3,000 distillers, and 7,000 brokers and financial advisers.
Biography Database 1680-1830 on CD-ROM by Arnstein, Walter L. / Journal of Social History
Germans, for instance, have excelled in many different societies as clockmakers, piano builders, and brewers.
Migrations and Cultures: A World View by Sowell, Thomas / Reason
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