mercery

American  

[mur-suh-ree] / ˈmɜr sə ri /

noun

British.

plural

merceries

1. a mercer's shop.

2. mercers' wares.

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Etymology

Origin of mercery

1250–1300; Middle English mercerie < Old French. See mercer, -y ³

Example Sentences

“Here, Dame, be pedlars bearing mercery and jewelling,” said she.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

The latter have a great many shops of mercery, haberdashery, and millinery.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria

“I have mercery, sweet Sir, and he hath jewelling,” answered the taller of the pedlars, a middle-aged man with a bronzed face, which told of much outdoor exposure.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

This is mercery of the eighteenth, and no earlier century.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Henceforth, the mercery business ceased to bring in a sou towards the household expenses, and it became necessary to encroach on the capital of forty thousand francs and more.

From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred