| Jack |
Young male assistant, sailor, or lumberjack |
| Jack-Frame Tenter |
Cotton industry worker who operated a jack-frame, used for giving
a twist to the thread |
| Jack-Smith |
Maker of lifting machinery and contrivances |
| Jagger |
An itinerant pedlar or hawker, carrier, carter, pedlar or hawker
of fish; 19th century, young boy in charge of 'jags'or train
of trucks in coal mine; man in charge of pack horse carrying
iron ore to be smelted |
| Jakes-Farmer |
One who emptied cesspools |
| Japanner |
One who covers with a hard brilliant coat of any of several
varnishes |
| Jerquer |
Custom house officer who searched ships |
| Jersey Comber |
Worker in woollen manufacture (Jersey - wool which has been
combed but not spun into yarn) |
| Jiggerman |
Operated a spinning wheel (Jigger) to form the foot (back
side) of a ceramic plate |
| Jobber |
A buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker |
| Jobling Gardener |
One employed on a casual basis |
| Jobmaster |
Supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire |
| Jongleur |
Traveling minstrel |
| Journeyman / Jorman |
One who served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft;
properly, one who no longer is bound to serve for years but is
hired day
to day |
| Jouster |
Fish monger |
| Joyner / Joiner |
Skilled carpenter |
