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hosier

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hosier [ˈhəʊzɪə]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a person who sells stockings, etc.
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Noun1.hosier - a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop
Translations
hosier [ˈhəʊʒɪəʳ] Ncalcetero/a m/f
hosier
nStrumpfwarenhändler(in) m(f)


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One might bring one's self to announce aldermen and burgomasters, but a hosier was too much.
When Defoe left school he went into the office of a merchant hosier.
He nodded, twice or thrice, to a passing friend; and, resisting as many invitations to take a morning dram, pressed steadily onward, until they were clear of the turmoil, and had made their way through Hosier Lane into Holborn.
 
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