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shoemaking

American  
[shoo-mayk-ing] / ˈʃuˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the skilled craft of designing, making, and repairing shoes.


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As Francis dove deeper into the history of shoemaking in Los Angeles, one name kept coming up again and again: Pasquale Di Fabrizio.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The shoemaking company began in Philadelphia in 1914 making ballet slippers and bathing shoes, which were used for swimming.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Before we even meet the film’s subject, the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, this mesmerizing procedural overture suggests that Ferragamo viewed shoemaking as an art and a science.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Hermelina Monterde, Misael's mother, said her son had ambitions to go beyond the family's shoemaking tradition.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022

Following his shoemaking phase, Cleofes began to traipse around the county carrying a little statue of Santa Inez del Campo, who was supposed to find missing animals.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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