gentle craft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentle craft
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The exercise of the gentle craft of shoemaking was for a long time carried on in monastic institutions, and increased the revenues of the clergy.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
The old fellow did not stir; his little eyes watched his line eagerly; he was no novice in "the gentle craft."
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated by Mary Mapes Dodge
He seemed a quiet, kindly, easy-mannered, dignified, self-possessed old gentleman of fifty-five or sixty, and had a gentle craft in his eye that probably belonged there.
From Roughing It, Part 2. by Mark Twain
The 24th again saw us at the Fish Pond, where Mr. Browne again exhibited his skill in the gentle craft, and caught a good dish of the finny tribe.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
Pa. Oh, come, sir, you will never wrong one of the same gentle craft as yourself.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
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