haberdashery

• They went past a haberdashery, and the chief-inspector saw, through the window, a woman so old and so emaciated that he felt she might snap in two at any moment. —  Maigret Goes to School - Georges Simenon - 72
• And she's not stopping with the haberdashery, either.
• As it turns out, Siegel's father died in a robbery of his haberdashery - with half the family suggesting he died of a heart attack and half claiming he was shot on the scene. —  Comic Book Resources
• At the sight of that resonant cavity, gaping from ear to ear and belching forth gloves, kerchiefs and minor haberdashery, the dragon laughed: his mirth took the form of a deep, guttural, honest German guffaw. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
• One side of it was entirely devoted to the best class of haberdashery, the other was extremely attractive with coloured wools and silks, and all sorts of materials for crewel and other fancy works. —  Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World

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