upholsterer
a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
Origin of upholsterer
1Other words from upholsterer
- re·up·hol·ster·er, noun
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How to use upholsterer in a sentence
It had been a pleasure to choose the various tasteful specimens of the upholsterer's art.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsI should say an upholsterer, or a mill wright, or some trade where his intelligence can help him on.
A Final Reckoning | G. A. HentyThis son of the King's upholsterer cared nothing for his father's trade, and not much for books.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinHe owed a large sum to an upholsterer, and another to a bank, the natural penalty of every honest but forbidden love.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoThe furniture of the room is generally taken from the former occupant at a valuation by the college upholsterer.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for upholsterer
/ (ʌpˈhəʊlstərə) /
a person who upholsters furniture as a profession
Origin of upholsterer
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