tradesfolk
English
Etymology
trade + -s- + folk
Noun
tradesfolk pl (plural only)
- People employed in trade; tradesmen and tradeswomen.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Small trades-folk, male and female shopwalkers, better class artisans, lower middle-class women worn with household cares, occasional young folk in search of a sensation - these were the impressions which the audience conveyed to the trained observation of Malone.
- Synonym: tradesfolks
- c. 1724, Jonathan Swift, The Drapier Demolished
- Victuallers , Vintners , and Tradesfolk would soon get all the Money of the Kingdom into their own Hands
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