Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun People employed in the various trades.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun People
engaged in trade. - noun Skilled
workers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun people engaged in trade
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Examples
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I got the idea when I was in the process of renovating my own home, I found that although it was easy to get the phone number of tradespeople from the Golden Pages or friends of family, it wasn't so easy to progress from there.
August 2007 2007
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I got the idea when I was in the process of renovating my own home, I found that although it was easy to get the phone number of tradespeople from the Golden Pages or friends of family, it wasn't so easy to progress from there.
EirePreneurZ: An interview with Barbara Molloy of Pickapro.ie 2007
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Many redtop and mid-market editors, if asked, would opt to be called tradespeople, not professionals.
PCC reform needs input from redtops and mid-market newspapers 2011
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When I arrived the tradespeople were all excitedly gathered by the balcony watching the water.
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When I arrived the tradespeople were all excitedly gathered by the balcony watching the water.
Help Me, I Actually Agree With PETA On Something « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The gentry of a small country town could then afford to do with humble attainments in that line, and I am inclined to think the tradespeople were as a rule better informed.
Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor 1874
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Even the tradespeople will be a trifle the better.
Far Above Rubies George MacDonald 1864
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His balance at the banker's is a fact; his good name and credit with the tradespeople is a fact; so is the comfort of his home; so are the health, the morals, the education of his children.
Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Lucia Gilbert [Commentator] Calhoun 1860
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Becky Sharp, Thackeray's anti-hero in Vanity Fair, lived beyond her means and rarely paid her bills, particularly those she owed to "tradespeople" who had provided her with basic but unglamorous services.
Carl Pope: Is America the New Becky Sharp? Carl Pope 2010
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Becky Sharp, Thackeray's anti-hero in Vanity Fair, lived beyond her means and rarely paid her bills, particularly those she owed to "tradespeople" who had provided her with basic but unglamorous services.
Carl Pope: Is America the New Becky Sharp? Carl Pope 2010
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