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Definition of Handcraftsmen
1. handcraftsman [n] - See also: handcraftsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handcraftsmen
Literary usage of Handcraftsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1909)
"... the corporations of Albany and New York,—wholesalers, retailers, and independent
handcraftsmen. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"handcraftsmen are comparatively few, as the peasant usually builds his own house
and makes his own furniture and utensils. In Moldavia there are about 3000 ..."
3. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"In Leeds the lowest classes have most children; then the outdoor " handcraftsmen;"
then the indoor; then tradesmen ; and " independent and professional ..."
4. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Of these laws, the schoolmaster handcraftsmen of former centuries knew nothing.
Now, every thoughtful teacher adjusts his course of education and all his ..."
5. Reformatory Education: Papers on Preventive, Correctional and Reformatory by Henry Barnard (1857)
"... handcraftsmen of former centuries knew nothing. Now, every thoughtful teacher
adjusts his course of education and all his efforts whatever, ..."
6. Proceedings and Addresses by Pennsylvania German Society (1897)
"... of the rest handcraftsmen, while the women could spin and knit. The first 852
were allowed ^20 per day. It was also proposed that they be granted ..."
7. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"The greater number of the people are handcraftsmen and agriculturists. Here,
also, were we received with songs of welcome and flowers. ..."
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