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haberdashery
[ hab-er-dash-uh-ree ]
noun
, plural hab·er·dash·er·ies.
- a haberdasher's shop.
- the goods sold there.
haberdashery
/ ˈhæbəˌdæʃərɪ /
noun
- the goods or business kept by a haberdasher
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haberdashery1
1425–75; late Middle English haberdashrye < Anglo-French. See haberdasher, -y 3
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Example Sentences
Mrs. Meldreth was a respectable elderly woman, who kept a small shop for cheap groceries and haberdashery in the village.
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Watch the sales in the autumn and the late spring for bargains in haberdashery.
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The number of those who visit the museums of art is wretchedly small, compared with the crowds in the temples of haberdashery.
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His wife followed him—as some say, with the booty—and set up a fine shop in Pitt Street in the haberdashery line.
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That afternoon, when Forbes was lured into the haberdashery, he had invested in black silk hosiery, very sheer and very dear.
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