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Shoemaking

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Shoe·ma·ker  (shmkr), William Lee Known as "Willie." 1931-2003.
American jockey who before his retirement in 1990 won more races than any other rider in horseracing history.
shoe·mak·er  (shmkr)
n.
One that makes or repairs shoes.
shoemaking n.
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Noun1.Shoemaking - the shoemaker's tradeshoemaking - the shoemaker's trade                
cobbling, shoe repairing
craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
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It died out, as everything but his shoemaking did die out of him, and he refolded his little packet and tried to secure it in his breast; but he still looked at her, and gloomily shook his head.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
The shoemaking and mending, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, coopering, weaving, and grain-grind- ing, were all performed by the slaves on the home plantation.
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Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl and learn the trade of shoemaking.
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