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This, of course, does not include the army of labourers dependent for their very existence upon the demand thus created for materials -- such as iron-smelters, forgemen, rivet-makers, &c.; nor those artisans employed alike on vessels of iron and timber -- such as painters, blacksmiths, blockmakers, riggers, and others.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836
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In the admiralty, there are a school, and shops for coopers, turners, and blockmakers.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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The blockmakers, the joiners, and the sawyers all refused to work longer without money ( "Calendar," 1664-65, p. 453).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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The blockmakers, the joiners, and the sawyers all refused to work longer without money ( "Calendar," 1664-65, p. 453).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 36: July 1665 Samuel Pepys 1668
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The blockmakers, the joiners, and the sawyers all refused to work longer without money ( "Calendar," 1664-65, p. 453).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1665 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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