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Hint	Answer
A hoofer is an old term for which entertainment profession?	Dancer
An acater did what for a living?	Cooking
Baxter is an old term for someone who made which product?	Bread
The invention of which gadget put the profession of computer out of business?	Calculator
A pinsetter used to be employed to reset pins in which sport?	Bowling
What would you find in a draper's shop?	Cloth
A mason worked which which material?	Stone
A shunter worked in which industry?	Railway
What did a besom maker make?	Brooms
What would an ale-wife sell?	Beer
A sawyer worked with which material?	Wood
What did a cobbler make and repair?	Shoes
Hacker is an old term for someone who cut what?	Trees
A nagsman trained which animals?	Horses
What was the job of a fuller in the Middle Ages?	Washing

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What did a charwoman do?	Clean
A warder would have worked in which sort of building?	Prison
Where did a mudlark work scavenging rubbish?	River
An anchorsmith made products for which sort of transport?	Ships
A marshall was a position in which type of organization?	Army
A scrivener wrote which type of documents?	Legal
A blower made products from which material?	Glass
Vulcan is an old term for which other occupation?	Blacksmith
Peeler is the old-fashioned term for which modern occupation?	Policeman
A friseur is an old-fashioned term for which occupation?	Hairdresser
What is another name for a canvas climber?	Sailor
What is a more modern term for someone who worked as a crocker?	Potter
A yeoman was someone working in which profession?	Farming
A linotype operator worked in which industry?	Printing
A bell hanger installed bells in which type of building?	Church

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