| 单词 | credit draper |
| 释义 | > as lemmascredit draper credit draper n. [compare draper n. 2] a person who sells goods on credit, esp. from door to door (now somewhat dated). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > itinerant or pedlar > draper Scotchman1685 credit draper1857 pack-draper1880 1857 Times 23 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) Credit Drapers' Provident Society... A copy of the rules will be forwarded to every house known in the credit drapery trade. 1877 Cassell's Family Mag. Nov. 631/1 By trade a tally-man, or, as he styled himself, a credit-draper. 1914 E. A. Parry Law & Poor ii. 23 If he were to..preach the iniquity of imprisonment for debt straight from the shoulder—as I am sure Elisha would have done—the respectable credit draper, the pious grocer, and all the noble army of tally-men would get up in their pews and walk out of his church or chapel in disgust. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Oct. 29 She had no income, except for the one pound 10 shillings a week she earned as a credit draper's shop assistant while my father paid the rent. < as lemmas |
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