hosiern.
/ˈhəʊzɪə/, /ˈhəʊʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊʒər/ One who makes or deals in hose (stockings and socks) and frame-knitted or woven underclothing generally. Also used more generally for a men's outfitter or haberdasher.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns > in hosiery
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making hosiery > one who
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1403 in York Myst. Introd. 20 (note) Touz hosyers que vendront chauuces ou facent chauuces a vendre.]
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 248/2 Hoseare, or he þat makythe hosyne (K. hoseȝere, S. hosiare, P. hoser).
1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 528 ij peyir hose..redy made for me at the hosers.
1574 J. Dee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 38 Vulgar, obscure persons, as hosiers and tanners.
1731 J. Swift Lett. 10 Sept. You are as arrant a cockney as any hosier in Cheapside.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 289 Haberdasher and hosier. Each of those trades merge in the other, occasionally;..our Hosiers seldom confine their dealings to the wares which clothe our legs.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 503 It had been necessary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to go, hat in hand,..borrowing a hundred pounds from this hosier, and two hundred pounds from that ironmonger.
1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 197/2 Hosier, one who deals in stockings, shawls, gloves, braces, laces, and under garments, etc.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) 344/3 Hosier,..is usually also an outfitter.
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvi. 192 Monty passed a finger round his collar. A perfect fit, made to measure by the finest hosier in London, it seemed to be too tight.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xii. 119 In the matter of pyjamas I've always been a trifle on the choosy side. I'm not one of those fellows who just charge into a hosier's and grab anything.
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