wool stapler

American  

noun

1. a dealer in wool.

2. a person who sorts wool, according to the staple or fiber.

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wool stapler British  

noun

1. a person who sorts wool into different grades or classifications

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Other Word Forms

• wool-stapling noun
• woolstapling adjective

Etymology

Origin of wool stapler

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

I have been a business man from my youth up; I began with a pack on my back; then I became a wool stapler, and lastly a money lender.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

Was not Virgil the son of a porter, Horace of a shopkeeper, Demosthenes of a cutler, Milton of a money scrivener, Shakespeare of a wool stapler, and Cromwell of a brewer?

From An Iron Will by Marden, Orison Swett

Methinks Cuthbert will need no hint from me to despise the home of the honest wool stapler.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

"The daughter of a wool stapler, one Martin Holt, foster brother to my venerated father, the third Earl of Andover," said Lady Frances, quietly.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

He is but a wool stapler, as I have told thee, and his friends are simple folks like himself.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn