haberdasher

• He was a business genius, and from genius of any kind no hovel is immune He was sent to London at the age of ten, to learn the saddler's trade; at twelve he graduated from making wax-ends, blacking leather and greasing harness and took a position as salesman in the same business From this he was induced to become a salesman for a haberdasher. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• From Mrs. Denyse he had heard the story of the pushing young "haberdasher," and his suspicions identified the newcomer Say, Miss Cecily," he said, "why 'n't you interdoose your friend to us?" —  Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage
• A cruel scoundrel of a haberdasher, to whom I owe an account, taking it into his head that I am dying, has commenced a process, and will infallibly put me into jail. —  Robert Burns
• James Barratt, then, as I shall here call him, was a haberdasher--keeping a large and conspicuous shop in a very crowded and what was then considered a fashionable part of the city. —  The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
• His father was owner of several houses in the place, and was employed in business as a haberdasher. —  The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

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