What does skull-thatcher mean?
Skull-thatcher means (UK, slang, obsolete) A maker of straw bonnets..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A maker of straw bonnets..
Having been sent to London on a medical trip by his uncle, Mr. Quince, he had become smitten with a fair milliner — a skull-thatcher, anglice, a maker of straw bonnets, but with no more money in her purse than would buy a dose of salts […]
'Which accounts for your frequent attendance, loveliest of skull thatchers!' said Harry in a polite bantering tone, which did not make the intended sarcasm less apparent.
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Skull-thatcher means (UK, slang, obsolete) A maker of straw bonnets..
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Having been sent to London on a medical trip by his uncle, Mr. Quince, he had become smitten with a fair milliner — a skull-thatcher, anglice, a maker of straw bonnets, but with no more money in her purse than would buy a dose of salts […]
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