linen draper

noun British.

a dry-goods merchant.

Origin of linen draper

First recorded in 1540–50

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Historical Examples of linen draper

If a bear were to go into a linen-draper's shop, what would he want?
Games For All Occasions
Mary E. Blain
I know the rascals: my barber, clothier, and linen-draper dispose of my estate!
The History of John Bull
John Arbuthnot
Don't any of ye be a linen-draper, if you have got a chance to be a banker.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
Charles Reade
You may think, perhaps, that it will be for the advantage of the mercer, or the linen-draper?
The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5)
Fanny Burney
Turning sharply, he saw the honest face of the linen-draper close to his.
Trevlyn Hold
Mrs. Henry Wood