old clothes man
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ah, they leave so many old clothes about that they need an old clothes man!
From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Marks, Jeannette Augustus
V valure, rank, dignity, 4/17. vannes, winnowing baskets, ‘fans,’ 38/20. verdures, green herbs, 38/20. verry, true, 48/4. vessches, vetches, 22/10. viage, journey, 48/38. vnces, ounces, 21/10. vpholster, old clothes man, 34/13; vpholdsters, 2/17.
From Dialogues in French and English by Bradley, Henry
"The old clothes man has it, as sure as I live!" burst from my lips.
From Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
And if the old clothes man doesn’t throw another head of lettuce and hit my typewriter so it won’t talk to the paper I’ll tell you another story to-morrow.
From Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox by Cory, David
It is said, also, that James Geary, a Son of Liberty and "old clothes man" on the corner of Wells and Madison streets, could "influence hundreds of them by the wave of his hand."
From The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details by Ayer, I. Windslow
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