Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Forgotten Trades and Vanished Crafts
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Across
- 1. Maker of arrows in archery
- 3. Shoemaker working with fine leather
- 4. Craftsman who built and repaired wooden wheels
- 5. Craftsperson specializing in wooden barrels
- 9. Person who cleared latrines or privies
- 11. One who cut and shaped tin for roofing or utensils
- 12. Forerunner or one who prepares lodgings for royalty
Down
- 2. Person who guarded towns during the night
- 6. Historical term for a delivery person (less common)
- 7. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 8. One who lent money, sometimes a pawnbroker
- 10. Craftsperson making printing plates by stone
- 13. Woodcutter or lumberjack in earlier times
- 14. Professional copyist of documents before printing
- 15. Person who helped sows give birth
- 16. Worker responsible for cleaning soot from flues
- 17. One who used leeches for medical bloodletting
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