• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Having a cordwainer construct shoes directly on your feet without laces or other openings, then cutting the shoes off and discarding them after wearing them once.

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      cordwainer

      Oh ho! A new word for me!

      For the other 9,999:

      A cordwainer is a shoemaker who creates new shoes from new leather, distinguishing them from cobblers, who primarily repair shoes.

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        There’s a sci-fi author named Cordwainer Smith.

        I’m guessing in a former life he was a black smith but couldn’t hack it in the forge and so turned to a life of shoestrings instead