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Haberdasher [HAB-ur-dash-ur] (n.) - A dealer in men’s clothing or a dealer in goods for dressmaking and sewing. Used in a sentence: “T’is time once again for me to pay a visit to the haberdasher; I can scarcely be seen in public without attracting scandal.”
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman French “hapertas” perhaps the name of a fabric, of unknown origin. Originally denoted a dealer of household goods.
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Michael Frasca
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"Harry S Truman was a haberdasher before nuking Japan."
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Mary Hopkin
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Such a wonderful, evocative word.
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