Word: cordovan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back as the 12th Century, England imported the best leather from Cordova, Spain, and by the time Chaucer wrote his Canterbury Tales it was natural for an English shoemaker of standing who used the best Cordovan leather to be called a "cordewaner." Later the word became "cordwainer...
...Shoemakers whose guild name was corrupted from Cordovan (Spanish) leather...