carpenter
noun
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
has been carpentering
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present perfect progressiveof carpenter (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For 23 years, English Novelist Phyllis Bentley has been carpentering a literary chronicle of her native Yorkshire.
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