Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who finishes leather by coloring, polishing, and preparing for use the skins after they have been tanned or otherwise preserved.
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Examples
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The principal substances of which _glue_ is made are the parings of ox and other thick hides, which form the strongest article and the refuse of the leather-dresser.
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Mr. Livermore, as discretionary executor of the estate of Thomas Dowse, the "literary leather-dresser" of Cambridge, added to the gift one thousand dollars, for the purpose of printing a description and catalogue of the collection, which has not yet been done.
Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 William Frederick Poole
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The spirit of religious exclusiveness prevails here as well as in other places; and the colonel mentions his having been once an eyewitness of some rough treatment received by a _chumar_, or leather-dresser, (one of the lowest castes,) at the hands of some high caste sepoys, who were highly indignant that so mean a carcass should presume to defile the holy ground!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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A rare collection of books, formed by a man daily engaged in the mechanic craft of a leather-dresser, is a singular illustration of the visible and invisible of libraries.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various
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So he became, whilst still young, a tanner and leather-dresser.
The Lady of the Shroud Bram Stoker 1879
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Of the condition of those who pursued special occupations, -- as the carpenter, the leather-dresser, the fisherman, etc., -- we have no adequate information.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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He served an apprenticeship as a leather-dresser, saved some money, got some more with his wife, began trading and speculating, and became at last rich, for those days.
Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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He served an apprenticeship as a leather-dresser, saved some money, got some more with his wife, began trading and speculating, and became at last rich, for those days.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Moreover, Isidore, though the son of a leather-dresser, had had the genius to study and to cast aside his father's business and find a career in politics, which had led him to a post of eminence.
Bureaucracy Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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I should think, -- and appeared to have nullified all the brains he ever had, by the constant use of whiskey; the scent of which accompanied him with a sort of parasitical odour, as that of tannin attends the leather-dresser.
Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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