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A cordwainer () is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer's trade can be contrasted with the cobbler's trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes. This usage distinction is not universally observed, as the word cobbler is widely used for tradespeople who make or repair shoes.
The Oxford English Dictionary classifies the word cordwainer as archaic, but "still used in the names of guilds, for example, the Cordwainers' Company"; but its definition of cobbler mentions only mending, reflecting the older distinction. Play 14 of the Chester Mystery Plays was presented by the guild of corvisors, glossed as "shoemakers".
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Cordwainer statue Watling Street.jpg
Cordwainer statue on Watling street, in the Cordwainer ward of the City of London, which is historic...
Cordwainer statue on Watling street, in the Cordwainer ward of the City of London, which is historic...
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A cobwainer's desk in Hamburg, Germany - in the background a shelf with lasts
A cobwainer's desk in Hamburg, Germany - in the background a shelf with lasts
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Tombstone of the shoemaker Xanthippos. Marble, Greek artwork, ca. 430-420 BC. From Athens.
Tombstone of the shoemaker Xanthippos. Marble, Greek artwork, ca. 430-420 BC. From Athens.
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A Cordwainer making shoes, Capri, Italy
A Cordwainer making shoes, Capri, Italy
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