† linenern.
Obsolete.
A linen-draper or shirt-maker.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns
mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making blouses or shirts > one who
shirtmaker1590
linener1616
linen-man1631
blouse-maker1905
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. v, in Wks. I. 549 I doe also loue to see her,..haue her counsell of taylors, linneners, lace-women, embroyderers. View more context for this quotation
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes The Persons of the Play..Linener. Haberdasher. Shoomaker.
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