haberdashery
men's clothing
TRANSLATION
haberdashery = Kurzwaren, Kurzwarengeschäft, Kurzwarenhandlung, Herrenartikel, Geschäft für Herrenartikel, Herrenbekleidung, Herrenmodengeschäft
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The crippled giant (Roosevelt) who for almost four years had run the war, with the transatlantic giant Churchill, dropped dead in Georgia and in his enormous shadow tottered in this small, wiry, unknown man with thick Dr Strangelove glasses.
All we knew about him was that he was a Missouri farmer who'd gone into HABERDASHERY and failed,..."
(BBC News - 21st January 2001)
All we knew about him was that he was a Missouri farmer who'd gone into HABERDASHERY and failed,..."
(BBC News - 21st January 2001)
Did you
know?
haberdashery
noun
1. British: small items used in sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread.
2. North American: men's clothing and other items sold by a haberdasher.
3. a shop or a department within a larger store that sells haberdashery.
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ORIGIN
At various times throughout its history, the term "haberdasher" has referred to a dealer of hats or caps, a seller of notions (sewing supplies such as needles and thimbles), and apparently (perhaps somewhat coyly) as a person who sells liquor.
Nowadays, with hats not being as fashionable as they once were, the word mostly is applied generally as a clothing outfitter for men, with "haberdashery" referring to the establishment or the goods sold there.
Haberdasher derives via Middle English from "hapertas," an Anglo-French word for a kind of cloth, as does the obsolete noun "haberdash," which once meant petty merchandise or small wares.
In the United States it is primarily used for a person who sells men's clothing accessories.
In Europe it is more common to hear it in reference to someone who sells buttons, thread, ribbons, drapery, etc.
A haberdasher's shop is called a haberdashery.
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SYNONYMS
clothing store, haberdashery store, men's store, men's furnishings
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"The words haberdasher and haberdashery both saw a greatly increased number of searches as a result of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Much of the proceedings of the film take place in a cabin called Minnie’s Haberdashery."
noun
1. British: small items used in sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread.
2. North American: men's clothing and other items sold by a haberdasher.
3. a shop or a department within a larger store that sells haberdashery.
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ORIGIN
At various times throughout its history, the term "haberdasher" has referred to a dealer of hats or caps, a seller of notions (sewing supplies such as needles and thimbles), and apparently (perhaps somewhat coyly) as a person who sells liquor.
Nowadays, with hats not being as fashionable as they once were, the word mostly is applied generally as a clothing outfitter for men, with "haberdashery" referring to the establishment or the goods sold there.
Haberdasher derives via Middle English from "hapertas," an Anglo-French word for a kind of cloth, as does the obsolete noun "haberdash," which once meant petty merchandise or small wares.
In the United States it is primarily used for a person who sells men's clothing accessories.
In Europe it is more common to hear it in reference to someone who sells buttons, thread, ribbons, drapery, etc.
A haberdasher's shop is called a haberdashery.
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SYNONYMS
clothing store, haberdashery store, men's store, men's furnishings
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"The words haberdasher and haberdashery both saw a greatly increased number of searches as a result of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Much of the proceedings of the film take place in a cabin called Minnie’s Haberdashery."
