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carpentering

American  
[kahr-puhn-ter-ing] / ˈkɑr pən tər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the trade or work of a carpenter.


Etymology

Origin of carpentering

First recorded in 1830–40; carpenter + -ing 1


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He was a dab hand at carpentering, doctoring, shipbuilding and grape growing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

His upper body is hefty, his hands coarse from years of carpentering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2020

A short, stocky man, widowed several years ago, Walters retired from carpentering but never thought of quitting music.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a sideline to his carpentering and cranberry farming, Finnish Fanner Andrew Paananen took to sanding cranberry bogs in Carver, Mass. For this crop-improving work he got two $15 checks from the Department of Agriculture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts from books which they had brought out of the farmhouse.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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