This blog post originally appeared 4/11/2008.
You know what it's time for, right? More tidbits from my Schott's Almanac Page-a-Day calendar!
Today's topic is Occupations of Note. "Librarian" seems so...obvious now. Here are some of the best ones:
Amanuensis: secretary
Bowyer: maker of archery bows
Colporteur*: door-to-door bookseller
Ecdysiast: striptease artist
Funambulist: tightrope walker
Ocularist**: false eye manufacturer
Prestidigitator: sleight of hand magician
Whitesmith: polisher of metalwork
*Interestingly, this guy was not one.
**Has anyone read Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People"? I can't hear about a false eye or a prosthetic limb without immediately thinking of that story.
-Tracy
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