woolman
Americannoun
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woolmen
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of woolman
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at wool, man
Example Sentences
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Having piled up excessive inventories as prices rose, woolmen for the past year have been selling ardently, buying cautiously.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1931, however, a group of woolmen founded a wool tops futures market under the wing of the New York Cotton Exchange.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not long ago, woolmen, for instance, favored a quasi-governmental stabilization corporation to handle their price supports.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the woolmen come to trade and to export their wool, here the sheepmen bring their sheep for the annual shearing.
From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Effie Price Gladding
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