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单词 broad clothier
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broad clothiern.

Brit. /ˈbrɔːd ˌkləʊðɪə/, U.S. /ˈbrɔd ˌkloʊðjər/, /ˈbrɔd ˌkloʊðiər/
Origin: Fomed within English, by derivation. Etymons: broadcloth n., -ier suffix.
Etymology: < broadcloth n. + -ier suffix, after clothier n.
Now historical.
A person who manufactures or trades in broadcloth.
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1711 Reply Card-makers & Eng. Wooll-clothiers (single sheet) We Deny, that it ever was the practice of the Spanish Wool-Clothier to sell his Old Cards to the English medley Broad Clothier.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5878/6 Richard Rider.., Broad Clothier.
1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 131 This petition..complained of the combinations of their masters, the broad clothiers, who had reduced them to the utmost necessity, want, and despair.
1914 Econ. Jrnl. 24 228 The broad-clothiers of the Riding were at this time organised in a Company or Corporation for the better regulation of their branch of the industry.
2017 S. F. Elton Cloth Seals 345 Broad-clothiers based at Leeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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