Haberdasher
['hæbə,dæʃə] or ['hæbɚdæʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.
(n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
Checked by Desmond
Definition
n. a seller of small-wares as ribbons tape &c.—n. Hab′erdashery goods sold by a haberdasher.
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Did any haberdasher ever look so smirking? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- OMER AND Joram was now written up, where OMER used to be; but the inscription, DRAPER, TAILOR, HABERDASHER, FUNERAL FURNISHER, &c. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Smith, the haberdasher of Oxford-street, was the next person announced to me, and he followed William into the drawing-room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Soon after Luttrell had taken his leave, old Smith the haberdasher was announced, with more returned bills. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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