A tradesman is said to fail when he becomes a bankrupt. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
The French tradesman is a better window-dresser than the Englishman. From Wordnik.com. [The Puzzling Years Ahead] Reference
Man for man, though, the highly-skilled Yorkshire tradesman, is better value, but there is no premium in efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [A personal tale] Reference
That's a tradesman, that is to say, he's the restaurant keeper, Vereshchagin. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
It is certain, as I formerly noted, rumour will break a tradesman almost at any time. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.)] Reference
When she came up again she held the warrants, in which Lucien was described as a tradesman, in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Illusions] Reference
The life of a tradesman is a varied existence, mixing practicality with logic and problem solving, he says. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The tradesman was a man of consequence in Quebec, being what is there called a large storekeeper, though we in. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer] Reference
They exact fidelity from a lover as a debt of honour, while they pay the husband as a tradesman, that is, not at all. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
Harper has the same tools as any good "tradesman" ie., some tools he needs daily, others to use at his discretion. From Wordnik.com. [Should Parliament impose limits on the prime minister’s powers? - Polls - Macleans.ca] Reference
That’s a tradesman, that is to say, he’s the restaurant keeper, Vereshchagin. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
'And the tradesman is a hero?. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
A kind of tradesman, to see that they are corrected. From Wordnik.com. [The Upton Letters] Reference
"tradesman" not unfrequently occurs in the descriptions of borough voters. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
The money which you owe a tradesman is really his property. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew] Reference
Since I came here, I have not seen one man dressed like a tradesman. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
There the aim of the tradesman is not to enrich himself, but to live!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The grocer was known to the district as a shrewd tradesman on a small scale, and a keen politician. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
There is no greater wonder than the patient waiting of an Italian tradesman, in pursuit of a bargain. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
The bandits opened fire, turning Lemann's VW Passat sedan into "Swiss cheese," says one armor tradesman. From Wordnik.com. [The Bulletproof Lifestyle] Reference
Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Like a tradesman reproved by his best customer, he promised Miss Herron that "it shouldn't happen again.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
HANSON: Barry, no matter how tradesman-like your self-image may be, one sees you coming through in your movies. From Wordnik.com. [Lights, Camera, Oscars!] Reference
For a tradesman it seems to have been a comfortable house, having an atrium and fountain, and some painted chambers. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Arab, it is true, in money matters; but as he is an old tradesman, you see it is impossible for him to change his habits. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
A rich tradesman who was a member happened to come to the factory one day, and Sigismond said to him with brutal frankness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His appearance was that of a small retired tradesman who was living on his means, and rather below the golden mean of Horace. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The companion of his walk is some zealous tradesman, whom he astonishes with strange points, which they both understand alike. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
"And how am I to send you these goods, then?" asked Mr. Daw, the tradesman of whom Alfy had been ordering a supply of grocery. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
On one occasion a lad in the employ of a Gravesend tradesman was discovered to have been pilfering on a somewhat serious scale. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
This humble dwelling of the humble tradesman is the house of which the poet speaks in so many of his early letters and memoranda. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
When the two had proceeded some distance, the tradesman called to his dog that he had lost something, and ordered him to seek it. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
As to considerations of economy, which are sometimes laid stress on in favour of phalansteries, they are those of a petty tradesman. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Humbert was a scapegrace when a youth; at sixteen he ran away from home and was by turns servant to a tradesman at Nancy, a workman at. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
From the confined dwelling of the tradesman to the palace of the patrician, all degrees of accommodation and elegance were to be found. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
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