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lacemen

lacemen is the plural of laceman.

Meaning of laceman

Noun

laceman (plural lacemen)

  1. (dated) A male dealer in lace.
    • And to say the truth, there is, in all points, great difference between the reasonable passion which women at this age conceive towards men, and the idle and childish liking of a girl to a boy, which is often fixed on the outside only, and on things of little value and no duration; as on...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I

Questions about lacemen

What is lacemen the plural of?
Lacemen is the plural of laceman.

Words near lacemen in the dictionary

  1. lacelike
  2. lacemaker
  3. lacemakers
  4. lacemaking
  5. laceman
  6. lacemen
  7. lacepod
  8. lacepods
  9. lacer
  10. lacerability
  11. lacerable

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