fripier

• Je suis le seul fripier qui ait de la morale: je ne borne à un prix raisonable; je me contente de la livre pour sou -- je veux dire du sou pour livre. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
• He had purchased, moreover, a handsome blue satin waistcoat, fancifully enough embroidered: -- this was indeed something the worse for the service it had done, but 'twas clean scour'd; -- the gold had been touch'd up, and upon the whole was rather showy than otherwise; -- and as the blue was not violent, it suited with the coat and breeches very well: he had squeez'd out of the money, moreover, a new bag and a solitaire; and had insisted with the fripier upon a gold pair of garters to his breeches knees. —  A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
• If you have not got a dress, I shall supply you; my wife is a _fripier_ in the Antoine; she supplies all the civic fêtes with costumes, and you may have any dress you like, from a grand signor with his turban, down to a _colporteur_ with his pack, or a watchman with his nightcap. " —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844

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