单词 | chamber-master |
释义 | chamber-mastern. Now historical. A person, esp. a shoemaker or furrier, who works from his own home making goods for sale to retailers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > shoemaking > shoemaker > types of clicker1699 chuckler1759 chamber-master1823 shoemakeress1860 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with furs > working on own premises chamber-master1842 1761 J. Collyer Parent's & Guardian's Directory v. 249 If he has a little money, and some acquaintance, he may set up as a chamber-master, and work for his own customers. 1823 Times 5 Dec. 1/3 (advt.) To Ladies' Shoemakers and Chambermasters.—A Person in the trade wishes to be Supplied with a superior sort of Sale Shoes, by a man of respectability. 1842 Times 24 Oct. 7/3 On the 27th of September 1,003 squirrel skins were, by his order, given out by the foreman to a person who is in the trade called a ‘chamber master’, one of those who work at their own places for the furriers. 1859 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation (ed. 2) 653/1 In 1847 there were 122 fan-makers, comprising chamber-masters, as mounters, feuillistes, painters, and colorers. 1901 Daily Chron. 4 Dec. 9/2 Chambermasters and cutters wanted for hare work. 1969 Past & Present No. 44. 83 London ‘artisans’ were a very large and varied group, including..poverty-striken [sic] chamber-master shoemakers. 1994 J. Burnett Idle Hands iii. 104 The skilled man who could not find alternative work at his usual level had to go into the already over-stocked ‘slop’ trades out of season, or set up on his own account as a ‘chamber-master’. Derivatives ˈchamber-mastering n. rare the work of a chamber-master. ΚΠ 1850 Morning Chron. 11 Feb. 5/5 The system of chamber-mastering..allows the employers to buy their goods cheaper than they can manufacture them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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