Occupations : L

OCCUPATIONS :L

LACE-DRAWER	child employed in lace work, drawing out threads
LACEMAN	dealer in lace, who collected it from the makers, usually only those who had bought his thread, and sold it in the lace markets
LACE-MASTER	employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace
LACE-MISTRESS	employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace
LACE-RUNNER	young worker who embroidered patterns on lace
LACEWOMAN	lady's maid
LAGGER	sailor
LAGRAETMAN	local constable (Law-Right-man)
LANDWAITER	customs officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods
LASTER	shoe maker
LATTENER	brass worker
LAUNDERER	washer
LAVENDER	washer woman
LAYER	worker in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper-making process
LEADER	person who leads the horse (and cart) transporting goods
LEAVELOOKER	examined food on sale at market
LEECH	physician
LEGERDEMAINIST	magician
LEGGER	canal boatman
LEIGHTONWARD	gardener (leighton a garden)
LENGTHSMAN	railway worker who had a length of railway track to keep in good order
LIGHTERMAN	worker on a flat-bottomed boat
LIMNER	illuminator of books, painter or drawer
LINENER	linen draper, shirt maker
LINER	flax dresser
LINKERBOY	one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (had to be licensed to trade in early 19th century had and term later sometimes applied to general manservant )
LINKERMAN	one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (had to be licensed to trade in early 19th century had and term later sometimes applied to general manservant )
LISTER	dyer
LITSTER	dyer
LITTERMAN	groom (of horses)
LOADSMAN	ship's pilot
LOBLOLLY BOY	ship's doctor's assistant or errand boy
LOCK KEEPER	overseer of canal locks
LONGSHOREMAN	stevedore
LONG SONG SELLER	street seller who sold popular song sheets printed on paper
LORIMER	maker of horse gear
LOTSELLER	street seller
LOTTER	one who bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale
LUMPER	dock labourer who discharged cargo of timber employed by a master lumper or fine-grain salt maker, from practice of moulding salt into lumps
LUM SWOOPER	chimney sweep
LUNGS	alchemist's servant whose duty was to fan the fire
LUTHIER	maker and repairer of stringed musical instruments

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