hatteryn.
/ˈhat(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈhædəri/ 1. A company that manufactures hats; a factory or workshop where hats are produced. Also: a shop that sells hats.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > place
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1814 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 July 325 (table) Hatteries... Number... Value in dollars.
1844 Manch. Guardian 27 Jan. 2/2 The hattery..has a constant supply of excellent water for dyeing, &c.
1914 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. 8/1 Every day in the week one passes a men's furnishing shop or an exclusive hattery.
1950 Billboard 7 Oct. 15/1 Gage Hats of Chicago, have devised a special promotion... The idea..has the hattery marketing a newly designed lid line for teenage girls.
2008 Condé Nast Traveler Aug. 102 Old black stores like Super Bad..are jostled by raucous student bars.., a comics shop, a hattery, and a range of restaurants.
2014 Daily Oklahoman (Okla. City) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 The hattery makes hats adorned with beads, animal hide and rhinestones, in addition to the traditional styles.
2. Hats collectively. Cf. millinery n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by other specific traders
cutlery1624
saltery ware1628
millinery1676
ironmongery1711
hardware1723
cheesemongery1760
confectionery1769
hosiery1790
hattery1824
drysaltery1847
shoemercery1862
drapery1897
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > collectively
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1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 120/1 Silk fabrics, hattery, jewellery and cutlery.
1836 Digest Commerc. Regulations Foreign Countries II. 584 (table) Hattery, helmets of all kinds and sizes... hats for children, of straw.
1922 Clothier & Furnisher (N.Y.) Sept. 81/1 Cincinnatians..return to town from their vacations, and proceed to fit themselves in new fall hattery.
1958 Vogue Oct. 187 French hattery translates to sure flattery.
1991 Sunday Mail (Adelaide) 24 Nov. The only headgear around seemed to be that of a few old dears clinging to their faded, outmoded hattery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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