hosier
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
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How to use hosier in a sentence
Then came a hosier and a bootmaker and a hatter; nay, I was forgetting a jeweller from Temple Bar.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillPoor Vondel kept a hosier's shop, which he left to the care of his wife, while he indulged his poetical genius.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'IsraeliLeonard now shone forth in all the glory which the united powers of tailor, hatter, and hosier, could spread around lug person.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthWhen they came opposite to a hosier's shop, in Oxford-street, the stranger thanked him, and desired to be set down.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthIn the front of the frame, immediately opposite to where the hosier sits, are placed the needles which form the loops.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for hosier
/ (ˈhəʊzɪə) /
a person who sells stockings, etc
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