Cordwainer
Noun: A shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather.
Example: He was a cordwainer and he looked down on cobblers who merely repaired shoes.
The art of hand making shoes and the word that goes with it have almost died. I never knew a cordwainer and I think I never will.
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