单词 | linen-draper |
释义 | linen-drapern. a. A retail trader who deals in linens, calicos, and the like. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns mercerc1230 clothier1362 draper1362 woolman1390 yarn-chopper1429 line-draper1436 Welsh drapera1525 telerc1540 purple-seller1547 linen-draper1549 staplera1552 silkman1553 woollen-draper1554 wool-driver1555 woolster1577 linener1616 woolner1619 linen-man1631 ragman1649 rag merchant1665 slop-seller1665 bodice-seller1672 piece-broker1697 wool-stapler1709 cloth-man1723 Manchester-man1755 fleece-merchanta1774 rag dealer1777 man's mercer1789 keelman1821 man-mercer1837 cotton-broker1849 slopper1854 shoddyite1865 costumier1886 cotton-man1906 1549 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 6 Johannes Cleyter, lynen draper. 1600 Chester Pl. Banes 86 Cappers and lynnen drapers, see that you fourth bringe In well-decked order that worthy storie of Balaam and his Asse. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe i. sig. A4 Like pollitick penthouses, which commonly make the shop of a Mercer, or a Linnen Draper, as dark as a roome in Bedlam. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 21 I am a linnen-draper bold, As all the world doth know. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. v. 177 Mrs. Haughton was the daughter of a linendraper. b. A newspaper. Rhyming slang. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] intelligencer1598 courant1621 coranto1624 paper1642 mercury1643 newsletter1665 newspaper1667 slip1688 raga1734 news1738 gazetteer1742 sheet1754 news sheet1841 spread1848 linen-draper1857 newsprint1897 blat1932 linen1955 mimeo newspaper1973 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 12 Linen-draper, paper. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxiv. 234 It might be just as well to keep under cover for a little until perhaps the linen-drapers gave him the office that the chase had not been taken up. 1972 Lebende Sprachen 17 8/3 Linen draper, paper. Derivatives ˈlinenˌdraperess n. the wife of a linen-draper, a female linen-draper. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns > woman purpuressc1384 purpurarec1425 silk-womanc1440 paste-wife1550 rag woman1653 merceress1840 draperess1854 linendraperess1868 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit I. vi. 104 The linen~draperess seated herself in one of the holland-covered arm~chairs. ˈlinenˌdrapery n. the occupation of a linen-draper; goods in which a linen-draper deals. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles frippery1599 woolage1611 mercership1647 (the) Mercery1662 rag trade1745 hosiery1789 grey market1825 narrow-trade1827 costumer1830 linendrapery1849 wool-stapling1888 broad trade- society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods merceryc1300 mercery ware1377 haberdasha1529 small ware1567 tailory1610 dry goods1657 woollen-drapery1688 soft goods1798 wallflower1804 linendrapery1849 hog round1910 1849 F. J. Foxton Pop. Christianity 16 The heterodox linen-drapery of the Tractarians. 1895 P. White King's Diary 4 Colossal linendrapery ending in such a daughter is a glorified trade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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