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haberdasher

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hab·er·dash·er  (hbr-dshr)
n.
1. A dealer in men's furnishings.
2. Chiefly British A dealer in sewing notions and small wares.

[Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-Norman hapertas, petty wares.]

haberdasher [ˈhæbəˌdæʃə]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) Brit a dealer in small articles for sewing, such as buttons, zips, and ribbons
2. (Clothing & Fashion) US a men's outfitter
[from Anglo-French hapertas small items of merchandise, of obscure origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.haberdasherhaberdasher - a merchant who sells men's clothing
merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
Translations
haberdasher [ˈhæbədæʃəʳ] Nmercero/a m/f (US) → camisero/a m/f
haberdasher's (shop)mercería f (US) → camisería f
haberdasher [ˈhæbərdæʃər] n (US) (= shopkeeper) → tailleur m
haberdasher [ˈhæbərdæʃər] haberdasher's [ˈhæbərdæʃərz] haberdashery [ˈhæbərdæʃəri] n
(British) (= shop) (for sewing items)mercerie f
(US) (= shop) (for men's clothes)magasin m de vêtements pour hommes
haberdasher
n (Brit) → Kurzwarenhändler(in) m(f); (US) → Herrenausstatter m; to go to the haberdasher’s (Brit) → zum Kurzwarengeschäft gehen; (US) → zum Herrenmodengeschäft gehen
haberdasher [ˈhæbəˌdæʃəʳ] n (Brit) → merciaio/a (Am) → camiciaio/a
haberdasher [ˈhæbəˌdæʃəʳ] n (Brit) → merciaio/a (Am) → camiciaio/a


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) Was it some vain and disappointed man--he would not say haberdasher (loud cheers) --who, jealous of the praise which had been--perhaps undeservedly-- bestowed on his (Mr.
Driving about from place to place, living jovially at inns, seeing fresh faces constantly, and getting money by all this enjoyment, instead of spending it--what a life for me, if I had been the son of a haberdasher and the grandson of a groom's widow!
I put my hand in his, wondering who he was, and we walked away to a shop in a narrow street, on which was written OMER, DRAPER, TAILOR, HABERDASHER, FUNERAL FURNISHER, &c.
 
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