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Obscure Professions

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Oopsadaisy3 Wed 15-Apr-20 09:51:22

The title says it all
Alphabetical order,
if it’s that obscure an explanation would be interesting.
I’ll start it off

Armpit Sniffer- sniffs up to 60 armpits a day for deodorant manufacturers

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vampirequeen Wed 15-Apr-20 10:23:26

Bodger - Turns chair legs

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joannapiano Wed 15-Apr-20 12:38:55

Coil winder.
What my dad did by day, played piano in Strip Clubs by night.

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Callistemon Wed 15-Apr-20 12:54:31

Drayman

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MiniMoon Wed 15-Apr-20 14:08:16

Egg grader

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Eglantine21 Wed 15-Apr-20 14:28:40

Freelance researcher for novelists
(It’s real and I did it!)

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crazyH Wed 15-Apr-20 14:39:41

G-string maker

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Clairefontaine Wed 15-Apr-20 14:39:52

Grape picker( it’s real and backbreaking)

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Clairefontaine Wed 15-Apr-20 14:40:28

Hop picker!

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Oopsadaisy3 Wed 15-Apr-20 14:44:21

Interfactor and old name for a murderer, probably not a profession though.

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paddyanne Wed 15-Apr-20 15:26:55

retoucher ,in the olden days fixing mistakes on negatives and prints with a very small paintbrush and tints

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Teetime Wed 15-Apr-20 15:30:27

Jester/jackanapes

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Elrel Wed 15-Apr-20 15:33:16

Saggermaker’s Bottomknocker (from a Wilfred Pickles “What’s my Line?) show long ago!

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Elrel Wed 15-Apr-20 15:34:13

Oops, sorry!

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Oopsadaisy3 Wed 15-Apr-20 16:02:17

elrel used in the potteries I believe

Do you want to have a crack at K?

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Callistemon Wed 15-Apr-20 17:49:20

Kelp Cutter

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Oopsadaisy3 Wed 15-Apr-20 18:25:05

Linesman, in the USA they travel the Electricity cables checking them for faults, often on a chair lift type of contraption.

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Grannmarie Wed 15-Apr-20 18:56:41

Milkmaid.

Oops, I love Wichita Lineman ?

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Oopsadaisy3 Wed 15-Apr-20 19:29:53

It took me a while Gran to twig that the Lineman had a particularly dangerous job.

Napper Tender, sadly does not involve much napping, but fluffs up socks, apparently.....

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Callistemon Wed 15-Apr-20 19:57:47

Oh, my favourite, Glen Campbell, Wichita Linesman.

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Callistemon Wed 15-Apr-20 20:02:25

Name Plate Stamper

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Callistemon Wed 15-Apr-20 20:03:26

Sorry!

Oceanographer

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Bellanonna Wed 15-Apr-20 20:49:38

Powder monkey

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vampirequeen Wed 15-Apr-20 20:54:15

Quilter

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Chewbacca Wed 15-Apr-20 20:57:44

Rigger.

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