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Jobs that no longer exist

Name a job that no longer exists or has nearly vanished. Hopdown accepts 316 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• Town CrierExtremely common
• Switchboard OperatorExtremely common
• LamplighterExtremely common
• MilkmanExtremely common
• Chimney SweepExtremely common
• Ice CutterUncommon
• MinstrelUncommon
• LectorUncommon
• MudlarkUncommon
• Stagecoach DriverUncommon
• WhalerUncommon
• Film ProjectionistUncommon
• Knocker-UpperUncommon
• Telegram BoyUncommon
• CarhopUncommon

Rare answers

• SpinsterRare
• Link BoyRare
• ReaperRare
• Coat Check GirlRare
• Punch Card OperatorRare
• BellboyRare
• Leech CollectorRare
• Copy BoyRare
• Streetcar MotormanVery rare
• Log DriverVery rare
• Silhouette CutterVery rare
• Comptometer OperatorVery rare
• Gas ManVery rare
• Negative CutterVery rare
• Cotton PickerVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• HighwaymanDeep cut
• PrivateerDeep cut
• VerdererDeep cut
• Plantation OverseerDeep cut
• RafterDeep cut
• Slave TraderDeep cutNot as obsolete as it should be: about 50 million people live in modern slavery (ILO, 2021).
• VCR RepairmanDeep cut
• Pit Brow LassDeep cut
• KnackerDeep cut
• SkaldDeep cut

Plus 276 more answers you'll have to find yourself.