noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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Perhaps inevitably, with such wealth and diversity an oligarchy of local tradesman emerged, organised into a merchant guild.
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Many of them were local tradesmen who supplemented their living by acting as petty rural landlords.
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Rations and forage were provided by local tradesmen under contracts previously made.
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They attended the church, patronized the local tradesmen and supervised the affairs of the village.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A number of experienced tradesmen were also posted from Marham to Watton to assist with the extra workload.
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He pauses at a second-hand book store, where the man who waits on him is unlike a tradesman .
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I enjoyed working with the outside tradesmen.
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Mudge had an earned reputation as a fine craftsman and a fair tradesman .
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Tabel took none of these craftsmen into his workshop but employed immigrant tradesmen such as Tschudi, Kirckmann and Willbrook.
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The later Victorian undertakers were arguably the most backward-looking tradesmen of their day.
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You're apprenticed to a different tradesman each week, so no ties are formed.