haberdashery
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8.6
- noun
- /ˌhæbərˈdæʃəri/
- US
:
tienda de ropa masculina
- He decided to visit the haberdashery after hearing they had the latest men's fashion trends.
- men's haberdashery
- open a haberdashery
And he's always all wearing fancy shit like Johnston and Murphy's at airport, you know, that airport haberdashery.
- And he's always all wearing fancy shit like Johnston and Murphy's at airport, you know, that airport haberdashery.
Examples
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And on your way there, you won't want to miss our brand-new General Electric television stereophonic display on the first floor, just past the haberdashery.
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- Take us to your haberdashery.
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The guys are in an expensive haberdashery.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mr. Cohen, how's the haberdashery business these days?
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Well, well, well, looks like Minnie's Haberdashery is about to get cosy for the next few days.
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Pan across the street from the haberdashery—an apprehensive J.P. Shay is sitting in a parked car, watching Harry and Lloyd.
Fiction book (1994) -
Adorn your vintage store finds with studs, iron-on badges, and gold chains—all of which you can pick up for next to nothing from a haberdashery.
Blog text (10) -
I walked into the local haberdashery to find a stylish new tie for the wedding.
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The quaint haberdashery on Main Street offers a wide selection of hats and accessories.
Synonyms
24
1.0
A shop that sells clothes for men and women
1
1.7
A shop that sells clothes and accessories for men
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1.0
A shop that sells hats, often for women
A shop that sells men's hats, shirts and ties
A place that makes or sells hats
Clothes or a small shop that sells them
A shop in the past that sold cheap ready-made clothes often used by sailors
Compounds
How Specialized
75
4.4
- US
1
8.6
24
1.0
100
1.3
16
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
haberdashery = haberdasher (semi-transparent) = haberdasher + y
The word is formed regularly from the occupational noun 'haberdasher' plus the noun-forming suffix '-y', so the shop meaning is fairly predictable but still lexically specialized.
Etymology
Haberdashery comes from haberdasher, an old name for a seller of 'small goods', and the ending -ery means 'place of', so a haberdashery became the shop where you buy men's clothes like hats, ties and shirts.