the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker

the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker

People of all ethnicities, professions, and socioeconomic classes. The aim of our program is to draw in and appeal to people from all walks of life—the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, as the rhyme goes.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker

people of all kinds.
This phrase comes from the traditional nursery rhyme Rub-dub-dub, Three men in a tub .
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See also:
  • come from far and wide
  • along the beaten track
  • beaten
  • couple
  • couple of
  • a couple of (people or things)
  • big and bold
  • force of numbers
  • chief
  • (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
References in periodicals archive
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, and all of them gone to the fair".