stonemason

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> when I open these tools I feel like a medieval stonemason dragged into midtown Manhattan and left to stare at the skyscrapers.

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Quick take

a craftsman who works with stone or brick

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noun

a craftsman who works with stone or brick

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stonemason.

noun

a craftsman who works with stone or brick

Example sentences

> when I open these tools I feel like a medieval stonemason dragged into midtown Manhattan and left to stare at the skyscrapers.

Most houses in Israel at the time would appear to have been made of stone, and therefore stonemason seems like it’d be a more appropriate translation.

Suppose that your advice-giving friend is a stonemason in his 40s. At this point, he has about 20 years of experience, along with a solid professional network.

Then again, the entire western intellectual tradition was started by a stonemason.

From what I can find out from online sources, Socrates was able to "retire" from working as a stonemason at a fairly young age, and to spend basically all his time talking about philosophy.

This stonemason example, while touching and certainly applicable to some situations, is just too far removed from the reality of what many programmers experience to be relevant here.

You decide to follow his example...Regrettably, you find in your first summer doing stonemasonary that you lack his 20 years of experience; literally are fetching and carrying, doing backbreaking work and being paid poorly.