Skull-thatcher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Skull-thatcher is a noun meaning (UK, slang, obsolete) A maker of straw bonnets.
Meaning
(UK, slang, obsolete) A maker of straw bonnets.
Example Sentences
'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.
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 […]
Word Forms
- skull-thatchers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include knob-thatcher, thickskull, skellum, scraper, strawhead, hoister.
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