| 单词 | old clothes man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold clothes man old clothes man n. a dealer in old or second-hand clothes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in old clothes fripperer1584 fripler1589 fripper1598 old clothes man1767 wardrobe dealer1824 fripier1826 clothes-man1842 1767 I. Bickerstaff Love in City 16 I should like to see it swinging under an old-cloaths man's penthouse. 1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 141/1 I feel convinced that these old-clothes-men only address persons of gentlemanly appearance. 1968 N.Y. City (Michelin Tire Corp.) 82 The dark smoke-filled bars which alternate with old-clothes dealers along the street..shopkeepers..tailors and old-clothes men. 1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. (Sound & Vision section) 11 Individuals start to appear; a sneering old clothes man who is to be the chorus of the story, a fair-ground barker [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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