hosier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hosier
First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier 1
Example Sentences
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The son of a hosier, he married the illiterate daughter of a Battersea market gardener.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2010
He was from the States; but whether a hosier, or a buckeye, or a mudhead, is more than I can say.”
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
Have you not an obligation to that linen draper, and hosier, and I don't know who, there, upon your chimney-piece, if you take their things, and don't pay for them?'
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
Here he started as a hosier in St. Paul’s Churchyard, lodging meantime in the house of a milliner, where he fell in love with one of the apprentices, Miss Griffiths, “a native of Wales.”
From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.
When George I. was king, there lived in Worcester a man named Snell, who carried on business as a hosier and dyer.
From The Strange Story Book by Lang, Mrs. Andrew
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