shoemaking
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For Salcido, it was a way to preserve local jobs and prevent her firm's artisan shoemaking from being taken out of the US – which she was convinced would happen under a cost-cutting corporate buyer.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It was an education in much more than shoemaking.
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
She married Eugen Sträussler, a doctor working in Zlín in Moravia, Czechoslovakia, for a shoemaking company called Bata, which ran the town.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 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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