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cordwainery

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cord⋅wain⋅er

  [kawrd-wey-ner]
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–noun Archaic.
1. a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.
2. shoemaker; cobbler.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME cordewaner < OF cordewan(i)er. See cordwain, -er 2

Related forms:
cord⋅wain⋅er⋅y, noun
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Word Origin & History

cordwainer 
"shoemaker, leatherworker," c.1100, from Anglo-Fr. cordewaner, from O.Fr. cordoan "(leather) of Cordova," the town in Spain whose leather was favored by the upper class for shoes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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