1841 Census occupation abbrev?

[bugbear]

I have a Thomas Buckenham in 1841, and I cannot make out his occupation.

The village he's from is heaving with Ag Lab, Farmers and Linen Weavers, but he's a "Linen <something abbeviated, looks like oK>"

I have looked at the list of abbreviations here, to no avail.

http://www.census-helper.co.uk/census-abbreviations/l

In later life he's a farmer.

Can anyone decode this? The attached entry is 3 occupations from the same page (Class: HO107; Piece: 775; Folio: 19; Page: 32) The bottom one uses the same abbreviation, but I can't make out the "base" word in this either. 

  BugBear

[groom]

Base word on the last one is Shoe. Is it just a W for worker?

[Bookbox]

It's a capital M, for manufacturer, or maker.

[SmallTownGirl]

Wild guess - could it be "dr" short for "dresser" ?

STG

Ignore original suggestion  - I think it's more likely to be "M" for maker, as per Bookbox's post.

[bugbear]

It's a capital M, for manufacturer, or maker.

So obvious, now you point it out.

My Thanks.

 BugBear

[stanmapstone]

These are the official abbreviations used in the censuses


Ag. Lab. 1841-81 Agricultural labourer
Ap. 1841-61 Apprentice
Army 1841 Members of HM land forces of whatever rank
Cl. 1841-61 Clerk
FS. 1841 Female servant
H.P. 1841 Members of HM armed forces on half-pay
Ind. 1841 Independent - people living on their own means
J. 1841 Journeyman
M. 1841 Manufacturer
m. 1841 Maker - as in 'Shoe m.'
MS 1841 Male servant
Navy 1841 Members of HM naval forces, including marines,
of whatever rank
P. 1841 Pensioners in HM armed forces
Rail Lab. 1851 Railway labourer
Serv. 1861 Servant
Sh. 1841 Shopman

Stan

[bugbear]

These are the official abbreviations used in the censuses


Ag. Lab. 1841-81 Agricultural labourer
Ap. 1841-61 Apprentice
Army 1841 Members of HM land forces of whatever rank
Cl. 1841-61 Clerk
FS. 1841 Female servant
H.P. 1841 Members of HM armed forces on half-pay
Ind. 1841 Independent - people living on their own means
J. 1841 Journeyman
M. 1841 Manufacturer
m. 1841 Maker - as in 'Shoe m.'
MS 1841 Male servant
Navy 1841 Members of HM naval forces, including marines,
of whatever rank
P. 1841 Pensioners in HM armed forces
Rail Lab. 1851 Railway labourer
Serv. 1861 Servant
Sh. 1841 Shopman

Stan

Yeah, it wasn't expanding 'M' into maker (or manufacturer) than was causing me trouble.

I was trying to expand "oK", a much harder task. 

 BugBear