journeymen

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journeymen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Journeyman \Jour"ney*man\, n.; pl. Journeymen.
     1. Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly,
        one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent
        worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received
        recognition as a master; -- distinguished from
        apprentice and from master workman.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made
              men, and not made them well.          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: A competent and experienced worker who performs
        adequately but without a high level of expertise or
        imagination.
        [PJC]