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haberdashing

haberdashing is the present participle and gerund of haberdash.

Meaning of haberdash

Verb

haberdash (third-person singular simple present haberdashes, present participle haberdashing, simple past and past participle haberdashed)

  1. To deal in small wares, or provide with wares.
    • VVhat meane dull ſoules, in this high meaſure / To haberdaſh / In earths baſe vvares, vvhoſe greateſt treaſure / Is droſſe and traſh?1635, Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Canto V. Pro[verbs] XXIII. V.”, in Emblemes, London: […] G[eorge] M[iller] and sold at at Iohn Marriots shope […], →OCLC, book II, stanza 5, page 82

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Questions about haberdashing

What is haberdashing the present participle and gerund of?
Haberdashing is the present participle and gerund of haberdash.

Words near haberdashing in the dictionary

  1. haberdashers of pronouns
  2. haberdasherware
  3. haberdasherwares
  4. haberdashery
  5. haberdashes
  6. haberdashing
  7. haberdine
  8. haberdines
  9. Haberfield
  10. habergeon
  11. habergeons

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