Dictionary of Old Occupations
Definitions of jobs Crank Maker - Cycle Liner
Crank Maker: worked in the pottery industry, made fireclay stands by hand.
Crape Weaver: a textile industry worker who wove crape, a thin, gauzy silk or woollen fabric used for clothing. The word crape comes from the French crepe.
Crate Maker: made wooden crates used to pack pottery goods for transport.
Crayer: worked on a slow, unwieldy boat known as a cray or crare.
Crier: an official making public announcements.
Crimper: coerced (press ganged) men into service in the army or navy. Also refers to a textile industry worker who operated a crimping machine.
Crocker: medieval term for a potter.
Croft Bleacher: worked in the textile industry, responsible for bleaching cloth.
Crofter: a tenant farmer. Crofters date back to the early 18th century.
Cropper: alternate term for a Shearman, a textile industry worker. May also refer to farming workers.
Crowner: the original English spelling and pronunciation of coroner, an officer of the peace who inquired into mysterious or sudden deaths.
Culler: selected wares of suitable quality for market.
Cupel Maker: a Thrower in the pottery industry who made crucibles.
Cuper: alternate spelling of Cooper, a barrel maker.
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Cupper: worked in the pottery industry making cups.
Curator: keeper of cultural heritage, e.g. a person working in a gallery or museum.
Curer: a doctor or physician. Also refers to person who cures tobacco, or who prepares foodstuffs such as fish and meat by salting, smoking or drying.
Curretter: an agent, broker or factor.
Currier: dressed leather after it is tanned.
Customer: a Customs and Excise official.
Cutler: made or sharpened knives, swords and edged tools.
Cycle Liner: decorated bicycles by hand painting lines on the sides using a fine brush.
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