Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Quirky Trades and Odd Jobs of the 1800s
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Street vendor who sold matches and small goods
- 2. Person who cleaned soot from flues and chimneys
- 4. Professional copyist or scribe
- 5. Those who lit or maintained street lamps by hand
- 9. Person scavenging riverbanks for valuables in mud
- 10. Worker who shaped flint tools or weapons
Down
- 3. Craftsman who made wooden barrels and casks
- 6. Shoemaker crafting fine leather footwear
- 7. Travelling repairer of pots and pans
- 8. Messenger or street caller using whistling to get attention
- 11. Collector of trash and refuse, precursor to modern garbage men
- 12. Provider of animal fat used for candle or soap making
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