haberdasher
noun/ˈhæbədæʃə(r)/
/ˈhæbərdæʃər/
(old-fashioned)- (British English) a person who owns or works in a shop selling small articles for sewing, for example, needles, pins, cotton and buttons
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- haberdasher’s(plural haberdashers)(British English) a shop that sells these things
- (North American English) a person who owns, manages or works in a shop that makes and sells men’s clothes
Word OriginMiddle English: probably based on Anglo-Norman French hapertas, perhaps the name of a fabric, of unknown origin. In early use the term denoted a dealer in a variety of household goods, later also specifically a hatter. Current senses date from the early 17th cent.
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