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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.Shoemakingshoemaking - 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.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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