Handworker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
"Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]"
Example
More examples"Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]"
Etymology
From hand + worker.
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