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old-clothesman

old-clothesman noun: a dealer in used clothing.

Noun

old-clothesman (plural old-clothesmen)

  1. A dealer in used clothing.
    • Having confessed their guilt, on Tuesday in Passion-week, La Hotte, his brother, the sergeant, the locksmith, a shearman, and an old-clothesman called Martin de Coulogne, were ordered to be hanged on the gibbet at Paris by sentence of the provost of Paris.1853, The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet, page 389
    • If the old-clothesman is waiting for the student, the student is on the impecunious position, sold them back again to Jules.1893, Henry Sutherland Edwards, “Chapter XXXVIII. Petty Trades.”, in Old and New Paris: Its History, Its People, and Its Places, volume 1, Cassell and Company, page 261
  2. A person who wears old, cast-off clothing.

Forms of old-clothesman

pluralold-clothesmen

Origin of old-clothesman

From old + clothes + -man.

Questions about old-clothesman

What does old-clothesman mean?
Old-clothesman means a dealer in used clothing.
What part of speech is old-clothesman?
Old-clothesman is a noun.
What is the plural of old-clothesman?
The plural of old-clothesman is old-clothesmen.

Words near old-clothesman in the dictionary

  1. old-age pensioner
  2. old-age pensioners
  3. old-boy network
  4. old-boy networks
  5. old-boyism
  6. old-clothesman
  7. old-clothesmen
  8. old-earth creationism
  9. old-fangled
  10. old-farrand
  11. old-farrant

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