Trade or traffic in cast-off clothes. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles (12) frippery1599 Trade or traffic in cast-off clothes. Obsolete. woolage1611 (See quot. 1611.) mercership1647 The trade or position of a mercer. (the) Mercery1662 (the) Mercery: the Worshipful Company of Mercers (a livery company of the City of London). Hence also: the trade in mercery; the part of a city… rag trade1745 Trade in cloth rags or second-hand clothing. hosiery1789 The business or trade of a hosier. grey market1825 The market in unbleached or undyed fabrics. Cf. grey, n. 4b. Now rare. narrow-trade1827 the trade in narrow goods. costumer1830 A person who makes or supplies costumes, now esp. for the theatre or the film industry; a costumier. linendrapery1849 the occupation of a linen-draper; goods in which a linen-draper deals. wool-stapling1888 broad trade- (see sense A. 1c.). |
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