"handworker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handworkers [plural]
Etymology: From hand + worker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|worker}} hand + worker Head templates: {{en-noun}} handworker (plural handworkers)
  1. One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine. Related terms: chirurgeon, manual laborer
    Sense id: en-handworker-en-noun-1oaLLdxQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1915, The Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts as a Vocation for Women",
          "text": "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 […]",
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