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• Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trade (noun)

  a skilled job, typically one requiring manual skills and special training.

  “the fundamentals of the construction trade”

  synonyms: craft, occupation, job, day job, career, profession, business, pursuit, living, livelihood, line, line of work, line of business, vocation, calling, walk of life, province, field, work, employment, métier

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  • Peaty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Usually someone who is in the trades calls it “the trades”. You never hear the term “trade industry” which is why I noted it

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    • KaleDaddy@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah it was a little weird wording. Im not in the trades. Trying to be vague because internet, but i while work WITH plumbers and HVAC specialists, and have previously worked in the field, Im not one myself.

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      • Peaty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Gotcha

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    • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve heard the term twice today actually.

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• funkajunk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How do you do, fellow workers?

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  • p_diablo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And then there’s the wobblies!

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