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
Tom Moor was a linen draper in Sackville Street.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
Trimble Rogers was in no situation to rant at smug William, the linen draper.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
He was the son of a linen draper in Aberdeen, and was a decent, good humoured fellow, who, if he had not distinguished, had never disgraced himself.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
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