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old-clothesmen

old-clothesmen is the plural of old-clothesman.

Meaning of old-clothesman

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
  2. A person who wears old, cast-off clothing.

Questions about old-clothesmen

What is old-clothesmen the plural of?
Old-clothesmen is the plural of old-clothesman.

Words near old-clothesmen in the dictionary

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

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