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small-ware(s
[small a. 3.]
(See quot. 1839.) Chiefly in pl.
1617Minsheu Ductor, An Habberdasher of small wares... In London also called a Millenier. 1630–[see haberdasher b]. a1704T. Brown Decl. Advs. Wks. 1730 I. 40 Achilles..fell..into a great huff with Alexander Magnus, haberdasher of small-wares. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) IV. 216 A spruce Haberdasher first spoke me fair, But I would have nothing to do with small-ware. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1141 Small Wares, is the name given in this country to textile articles of the tape kind, narrow bindings of cotton, linen, silk, or woollen fabric; plaited sash cord, braid, &c. 1884B'ham Daily Post 24 Jan. 3/4 Hosiery, Haberdashery, Smallwares, Wools, &c.
fig.1720Swift Adv. to Young Poet Wks. 1841 II. 299 Every one knows Grub-street is a market for small ware in wit.
b. attrib., as small-ware dealer, small-ware merchant, small-ware shop.
1834Picture of Liverpool 73 Smallware dealer. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton xiv, I..set up a small-ware shop. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Smallware-dealer, Smallware-merchant, a shop-keeper who keeps small wares; a merchant who supplies them. |