linen draper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of linen draper
First recorded in 1540–50
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It was founded as "Kennington & Jenner" in 1838 by Charles Jenner, a linen draper, and Charles Kennington.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
One of the first to discover the truth of this conjecture was a Yorkshire linen draper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The linen draper told how new clothes had become out of the question with his customers, and they bought only remnants and patches, to mend the old ones.
From Sophisms of the Protectionists by Horace White
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 Fanny Burney
It was not long before the spirit moved Penn. He was immediately arrested, and William Mead, a linen draper, with him, and the two were brought before the mayor.
From William Penn by George Hodges
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