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lineners

lineners is the plural of linener.

Meaning of linener

Noun

linener (plural lineners)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
    • all the dames at court by a fortnight, have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers[…]1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Questions about lineners

What is lineners the plural of?
Lineners is the plural of linener.

Words near lineners in the dictionary

  1. linen-draper
  2. linen-drapers
  3. linendraper
  4. linendrapers
  5. linener
  6. lineners
  7. linenette
  8. linenettes
  9. linenfold
  10. linenfolds
  11. linenless

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