Artisanal pretension
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“It was a place where merchants with no artisanal pretensons sold cheap goods and garments.”
Could you tell me what ‘artisanal pretensions’ means?
Thank you.
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An artisan is a craftsman whose product has a professional quality that has some artistry about it. The artisan believes in his own artistic abilities and charges accordingly. If Picasso makes a crude bowl and paints a bull on it, it's an artisan bowl.
- An artisan is a craftsman whose product has a professional quality that has some artistry about it.
- The artisan believes in his own artistic abilities and charges accordingly.
- If Picasso makes a crude bowl and paints a bull on it, it's an artisan bowl.
- If Jose makes a crude bowl and paints a bull on it, he has artisanal pretensions.
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An artisan is a craftsman whose product has a professional quality that has some artistry about it. The artisan believes in his own artistic abilities and charges accordingly. If Picasso makes a crude bowl and paints a bull on it, it's an artisan bowl. If Jose makes a crude bowl and paints a bull on it, he has artisanal pretensions.
0The given sentence doesn't seem to make sense. It should apparently be:
It was a place where merchants sold cheap goods and garments.
It was a place where merchants with artisanal pretensions sold overpriced goods and garments.
It was a place where merchants with no artisanal pretensions sold inexpensive but finely made goods and garments.
0artisan: A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
artisanal: Relating to or characteristic of an artisan.
pretension: (often pretensions) A claim or assertion of a claim to something.
Ann225merchants with no artisanal pretensions
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