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haberdashery

ˈhæbərˌdæʃəri
WordNet
Evening dress with a large bow at the back, with a matching coat. Fabric and haberdashery by "Dorures Louis Mathieu. Paris. Print from the fashion magazine Très Parisien ... La Mode, Le Chic, L'Élégance (1920-1936)
Evening dress with a large bow at the back, with a matching coat. Fabric and haberdashery by "Dorures Louis Mathieu. Paris. Print from the fashion magazine Très Parisien ... La Mode, Le Chic, L'Élégance (1920-1936)
  1. (n) haberdashery
    a store where men's clothes are sold
  2. (n) haberdashery
    the drygoods sold by a haberdasher
Illustrations
Two women in a haberdashery or fabric store. According to the caption: ensembles from Bréant-Castel. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode Illustrée (1860-1937).
Two women in a haberdashery or fabric store. According to the caption: ensembles from Bréant-Castel. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode Illustrée (1860-1937).
Interior of a haberdashery shop for women's and men's clothing in Paris, c. 1678, with fashionably dressed couple. in: album with 136 (ornamental) prints, untitled, published by Jacques Thuret, Paris, ca. 1711. (first edition in Mercure Galant, Extraordinaire. Quartier de janvier 1678, to pp. 522-523) In the description on pp. 524-540, the numbered accessories are named and explained.
Interior of a haberdashery shop for women's and men's clothing in Paris, c. 1678, with fashionably dressed couple. in: album with 136 (ornamental) prints, untitled, published by Jacques Thuret, Paris, ca. 1711. (first edition in Mercure Galant, Extraordinaire. Quartier de janvier 1678, to pp. 522-523) In the description on pp. 524-540, the numbered accessories are named and explained.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Haberdashery
    The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also Fig, trifles.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) haberdashery
    The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; the business of a haberdasher.
  2. (n) haberdashery
    A haberdasher's shop.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Haberdashery
    goods sold by a haberdasher
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. hapertas; ety. dub.; not Ice.

Usage in the news

That Hero of Haberdashery, Champ of Chapeaux, el Senor de Sombreros and Fliest of Fedoras -- my hat. pbs.org

There were, of course, widely divergent interpretations of Haberdashery for Her, from Armani's suave suits to the funkier newsboy "garconne" looks bouncing out of European houses. nytimes.com

Opening this month in West Village, the shop dwells next door to the second location of its older brother, Q Custom Clothier, the bespoke haberdashery. papercitymag.com

Usage in literature

I suppose it's the effect of that haberdashery. "Fanny Herself" by Edna Ferber

There's a way to tote the haberdashery, and I want to get wise to it. "The Voice of the City" by O. Henry

The heartbroken person stoops over and takes a telescopic view of my haberdashery. "Heart of the West" by O. Henry

Next he made certain purchases in haberdashery. "The Crown of Life" by George Gissing

Among the other numerous places of interest was the store of a dealer in haberdashery and draperies. "With Those Who Wait" by Frances Wilson Huard

They looked for all the world like living haberdashery shops. "The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself" by David Macbeth Moir

The latter have a great many shops of mercery, haberdashery, and millinery. "Journal of a Voyage to Brazil" by Maria Graham

The girl who had charge of the haberdashery asked if she could serve her. "Red Rose and Tiger Lily" by L. T. Meade

Once a man went into a haberdashery to buy a coat. "The Book of Business Etiquette" by Nella Henney

They looked for all the world like living haberdashery shops. "The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith" by D. M. Moir