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upholsterer

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up·hol·ster·er  (p-hlstr-r, -pl-)
n.
One that upholsters furniture.
[From obsolete upholster, from Middle English upholdester : upholden, to repair (up, up; see up + holden, to hold; see hold1) + -ster, -ster.]
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Noun1.upholstererupholsterer - a craftsman who upholsters furniture
artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
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By this time, the rooms were vastly different from what I had found them, and I enjoyed the honour of occupying a few prominent pages in the books of a neighbouring upholsterer.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
The board, that made the ceiling, was to be lifted up and down by two hinges, to put in a bed ready furnished by her majesty's upholsterer, which Glumdalclitch took out every day to air, made it with her own hands, and letting it down at night, locked up the roof over me.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Monsieur Saillard married the daughter of an upholsterer keeping shop under the arcades of the Market.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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