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haberdashery
Part of speech: NounSmall wares, woollen drapery goods, and suchlike.
Part of speech: NounA dealer in soft goods, as woollens, linens, silks, & c.
Usage examples "haberdashery":- " Mr. Wilkins handles gents' clothing, underwear, haberdashery, and notions," interposed McAllister gravely. - "McAllister and His Double", Arthur Train.
- The boots suit me, but the hotels do not; and if it was not ungrateful, after all your trouble, I should like to make a bonfire of this roomful of haberdashery, and walk quietly away to my new home by the light of it. - "Moods", Louisa May Alcott.
- The London branch is steadily on the search for the clothing, haberdashery and leather specialties which are the pride of the British workman, while from right across the Irish sea, at 13 Donegal Square, North, Belfast, come the fine Irish linens that so long have been a distinguished merchandise feature of the store's stock. - "The Romance of a Great Store", Edward Hungerford.