Near-synonym: proto-industry
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Cottage industry
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handicraft making
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A craft such as quilting may be pursued as a hobby or as a cottage industry.
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Scotland and Ireland are famous for their tweeds and homespuns and what are known as the "cottage industries" have been recently revived in those countries as the products of their hand looms have become deservedly popular abroad.
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Oak bark is still used to some extent. Shoe-making used to be an important cottage industry, but the introduction of machinery has carried the work to large factories elsewhere.
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