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单词 piece-broker
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piece-brokern.

Brit. /ˈpiːsˌbrəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈpisˌbroʊkər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piece n., broker n.
Etymology: < piece n. + broker n.
Now historical.
A person who deals in remnants of cloth for repairing clothes, etc.
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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
1697 London Gaz. No. 3304/3 One Gawen Hardy.., Piece-Broker, was..Indicted for Felony.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. iv. vii. 118/2 Hollowel Street..a Place inhabited by divers Salesmen and Piece-Brokers.
1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 143/2 Mr. Muzere, aged 90, many years an eminent piece-broker, who never trusted any money out at interest, but put it into an iron chest.
1874 A. Rich Dict. Rom. & Greek Antiq. (ed. 4) 144/1 Centonarii, piece-brokers, and persons who made and sold pieces of patch-work.
1902 Times 6 Oct. 7/5 Extensive buildings in Buxton-street, Spitalfields, occupied by L. Grosman, cabinet maker, L. Goldstein, piece broker, [etc.].
1989 Econ. Hist. Rev. 42 349 Tailor/piecebroker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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