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apprentice
in
Fever, 1793
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Andrew Brown's print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press.†
p. 57.3
He wiped his hands on his apron and sent an apprentice for a bucket of ale.†
p. 57.7 *
The youngest girl fell ill after an apprentice died.†
p. 159.9
That boy is apprenticed here, isn't he?" she asked.†
p. 188.7
There really was a Peale family, though they did not have an apprentice named Nathaniel Benson.†
p. 246.2

Definitions:

(1) (apprentice)
person who learns a trade or skill through hands-on experience under a skilled worker; or (as a verb) performance of that kind of work
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)