Explore a crossword featuring 20 forgotten professions that once thrived but have since faded into history.
Vanished Trades of Bygone Eras
Explore the crossword featuring 18 lost and forgotten professions that shaped history but vanished with time.
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Across
- 1. Person who lit street lamps before electricity
- 2. Leatherworker who crafts fine shoes
- 3. Person who carried the coffin at funerals
- 5. Collector and user of medicinal leeches
- 6. Mounted courier who guided mail coaches
- 11. Craftsman working with rattan furniture
- 12. Craftsman specializing in making candles
- 15. Hat maker and seller, especially women’s hats
- 16. Mender of pots, pans, and metal household items
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- 4. Old term for a medieval harper or harp player
- 7. Maker of wooden barrels and casks
- 8. Maker of early astronomical instruments
- 9. Blacksmith who shoes horses
- 10. Professional copyist or scribe
- 13. Arrow maker in medieval times
- 14. Rowers who ferried passengers on rivers
- 17. Mender of nets, especially fishing nets
- 18. Shoemaker or shoe repairer
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