What does linen-draper mean?
Linen-draper means Alternative form of linendraper..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of linendraper..
You will, of course, dress yourself up as a Dandy, and profit by the advice which I have just given to your demi-kinsman, the linen-draper.
The linen-draper at the corner under the town clock was divided between keeping an eye on his apprentices to see that they did not spar with yard sticks, and mentally criticising the ludicrous and meretricious window-dressing of his next-door neighbour.
The next month, the commissioners were convinced to retain the old linen-drapers as a guild but suggested linking them to the male guild of secondhand clothes dealers (fripiers-tailleurs), with a tariff of one-third the normal entrance fee for current entrants and the whole fee later.
Use linen-draper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Linen-draper means Alternative form of linendraper..
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You will, of course, dress yourself up as a Dandy, and profit by the advice which I have just given to your demi-kinsman, the linen-draper.
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