"Their chatt'ring makes a louder din
than fish-wives over a cup of gin."
Jonathan Swift, Truly Modern Lady (1728).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
About Me
- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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2009
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November
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- Ox-Boy
- Roundsman
- Henchman
- Stevedore
- Drudge
- Horse Traders
- Stokers
- School Masters
- Hawkers
- African Wheat, Roman Bread
- Men-at-arms, Francs-archers, and Provost-marshals
- Fakirs
- Extortioners
- Hookers
- Pearl Divers
- The Thespian Spring
- Mr. Customs Man
- Fixers
- Fish Wives
- Little Whippersnappers
- Slaughterers
- Lighthouse Keepers
- Muslin Makers
- Mesmerists
- Plutarch on Property Speculators
- Rascally Printers
- Glass-blowers
- Poachers
- Dragomen
- Canons
- Poets and Philosophers
- Buskers
- Assassins
- Steamboatmen
- Queriers
- Porters
- Two False Knaves
- A Royal-Scamp
- Foucault on Prison Warders
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