bootmaker
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbootmaker (plural bootmakers)
- A maker of boots; a cobbler.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 48:
- "He was one of those men," said Isabella, "who have no separate existence from their tailor, unless, indeed, a portion be claimed by the glover and bootmaker. I should as soon think of marrying a suit of clothes."
Translations
edita maker of boots, a cobbler