linen draper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of linen draper
First recorded in 1540–50
Example Sentences
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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
In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol, England, declared that he had lived five hundred years, and that in all that time he had never told a lie.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
A linen draper looks at you with kindly pity if you ask him for ribbons or haberdashery, which can only be obtained at a mercer's devoted to this trade.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
At first, the people of the St. Denis quarter derived a good deal of fun from the bellicose sign of the linen draper.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eug?ne Sue
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