† yarn-choppern.
Obsolete.
A dealer in yarn. Also in various corrupt forms in Law dictionaries, etc.: see journ-chopper n.
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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
1429 Act 8 Hen. VI c. 5 Les regratours du file appelles Yernchoppers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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