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Examples of shoemaker in a Sentence
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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to her, Olivia has caught the eye of shoemaker apprentice, Samuel.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2023
This conclusion led to the implementation of a new store concept, featuring a workshop with two shoemakers capable of repairing any brand of shoes.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
In 2010, for example, Diego Della Valle, head of the shoemaker Tod’s, donated €25 million (about $34 million) toward a restoration of the Colosseum.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the factory—line worker.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
The people who found Cabet’s message most appealing weren’t hardened colonists, but rather urban artisans—masons, shoemakers, bakers and the like.
—John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
Where else but in this stinker of a town would there be so many aunts and cousins excited to meet a newborn, and to help?
Luling’s sole general hospital, Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis, is named for the God-fearing shoemaker who discovered that the town was sitting on oil.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Its product offering doesn’t conform to designs typical of an English shoemaker—don’t expect to find run-of-the-mill brogues.
—Benedict Browne, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
Sam Edelman Sylvia wide calf knee high boots 15.7-inch circumference: Sam Edelman needs no introduction and is known to be one of the most comfortable shoemakers on the market.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of shoemaker was
in the 14th century
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“Shoemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoemaker. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
shoemaker
noun
shoe·mak·er
-ˌmā-kər
: a person who makes or repairs shoes
Biographical Definition
Shoemaker
biographical name
Shoe·mak·er
ˈshü-ˌmā-kər
Eugene Merle 1928–1997 American planetary geologist
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