• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    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