The person who fashions the buckles for fastening the leather straps of shoes, belts, and other things.
"The incessant repetition of the same hand-work dwarfs the man, robs him of his strength, wit, and versatility, to make a pin-polisher, a buckle-maker, or any other specialty."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits (1856).
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