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handworkers

noun

plural of handworker

as in craftsmen

a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands it's hard to find a handworker to tailor clothes these days

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craftsmen

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Both are craftsmen, interested in immediate emotional response over esoteric scholarly unpacking.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
These writers saw themselves as craftsmen and their field as closed to outsiders; at the Daily Mirror, the standard-bearing populist sheet, the crafty Lamb hadn’t been able to get ahead.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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