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haberdashery

[ hab-er-dash-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural hab·er·dash·er·ies.
  1. a haberdasher's shop.
  2. the goods sold there.


haberdashery

/ ˈhæbəˌdæʃərɪ /

noun

  1. the goods or business kept by a haberdasher
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

Her father ran a haberdashery in Harlem, and her mother was a homemaker.

A former grand master, or president, of all Masonic lodges in the District, a local political activist and owner of a haberdashery, he immersed himself in youth-leadership programs for decades, mentoring thousands of teenagers.

Mrs. Meldreth was a respectable elderly woman, who kept a small shop for cheap groceries and haberdashery in the village.

Watch the sales in the autumn and the late spring for bargains in haberdashery.

The number of those who visit the museums of art is wretchedly small, compared with the crowds in the temples of haberdashery.

His wife followed him—as some say, with the booty—and set up a fine shop in Pitt Street in the haberdashery line.

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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