carpentering
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of carpentering
Example Sentences
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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
Henry D. Moyle. an oil company millionaire who is counselor to Church President David McKay, has been over to the chapel project twice, promises to do some carpentering later.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A short, stocky man, widowed several years ago, Walters retired from carpentering but never thought of quitting music.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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