subs. (old).—1.  The trade of shoemaking. [From the romance of Prince Crispin, who is said to have made shoes.]

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  1662.  Rump Songs. ‘A Hymne to the Gentle Craft: or Hewson’s Lamentation,’ ii. 152.

        Crispin and he were nere of kin,
The GENTLE CRAFT hath a noble twin.

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  2.  (anglers’).—Angling.

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  1892.  MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, p. 65. Sez I, GENTLE CRAFT, said I.

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