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haberdashery

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hab·er·dash·er·y  (hbr-dsh-r)
n. pl. hab·er·dash·er·ies
1. A haberdasher's shop.
2. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher.
haberdashery [ˈhæbəˌdæʃərɪ]
n pl -eries
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) the goods or business kept by a haberdasher
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.haberdasheryhaberdashery - a store where men's clothes are sold
clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store
shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
slopseller's shop, slopshop - a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing
2.haberdashery - the drygoods sold by a haberdasher
men's furnishings
drygoods, soft goods - textiles or clothing and related merchandise
Translations
haberdashery [ˌhæbəˈdæʃərɪ] N (= shop) → mercería f (US) → camisería f; (= goods) → mercería f (US) → artículos mpl de moda para caballeros
haberdashery
n (Brit: = articles) → Kurzwaren pl; (= shop) → Kurzwarengeschäft nt → or -handlung f; (US: = articles) → Herrenbekleidung f, → Herrenartikel pl; (= shop) → Herrenmodengeschäft nt
haberdashery [ˌhæbəˈdæʃərɪ] n → merceria (Am) → camiceria
haberdashery [ˌhæbəˈdæʃərɪ] n → merceria (Am) → camiceria


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His name was Bell and he was serving his time for nothing in the haberdashery.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
In the morning of life they are rapt by intoxicating visions of some great haberdashery business, beckoned to by the voluptuous enticements of the legal profession, or maybe the Holy Grail they forswear all else to seek is a snug editorial chair.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
"I am comfortably off, monsieur, that's all; I have scraped together some such thing as an income of two or three thousand crown in the haberdashery business, but more particularly in venturing some funds in the last voyage of the celebrated navigator Jean Moquet; so that you understand, monsieur--But" cried the citizen.
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