What does haberdashed mean?
Haberdashed means Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc..
When he showed that petulant old warhorse of an artist, Horace Vernet, haberdashed with medals, Nadar had no trouble revealing a seeker of official honors.
Toward the end of the masterly “Negro With a Hat” (as the Napoleonically haberdashed Garvey was derided by W. E. B. Du Bois), Garvey is quoted as having said: “We were the first Fascists.
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Haberdashed means Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc..
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When he showed that petulant old warhorse of an artist, Horace Vernet, haberdashed with medals, Nadar had no trouble revealing a seeker of official honors.
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