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bush carpenter

British

noun

informal a rough-and-ready unskilled workman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Soon they got hold of a bush carpenter, and she was provided with occupation for a good many months.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

He was what is called a bush carpenter: i.e., a wandering carpenter, who travels from station to station, doing any little odd rough jobs wanted.

From Station Amusements in New Zealand by Barker, Lady (Mary Anne)

"I may not be as big as you," he said, "but if I was the same shape, I'd go to a bush carpenter, and get him to trim me down with an adze."

From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis

A "bush" carpenter is a very admirable person, when he is not also a bush lawyer.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

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