Handworker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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