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Vanished Trades of Antiquity and Industry
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- 1. Occupational title for those cleaning soot from flues in Victorian homes
- 2. Hospital official who distributed charity alms and aid in earlier centuries
- 3. Civilian merchant who supplied provisions to armies in campaign
- 6. Provider and transporter of coal before modern energy distribution
- 8. Worker responsible for fitting and maintaining plate protective gear in feudal times
- 11. Weigher of goods, often in markets, using balance scales
- 12. Artisan specialized in crafting arrow shafts during medieval warfare
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- 4. Craftsman making candles from animal fat—an archaic household trade
- 5. Specialist in vermin control employed before modern pest eradication
- 7. Specialists breaking flint to craft early tools and weaponry
- 9. Worker who stoked steam engines by blowing air into furnaces
- 10. Designer and maker of hats, originally a bespoke female dressmaker
- 13. One who traditionally collected and sold aromatic flowers for perfumery and medicine
- 14. Craft of a tradesman shaping wooden staves into watertight containers
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