slopseller
- noun
- /ˈslɑːpˌsɛlɚ/
- Archaic
:
vendedor de ropa barata
- The slopseller on the corner offered affordable coats to laborers and sailors.
Examples
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Most of his income came from his work as a slopseller in the crowded marketplace.
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In eighteenth-century London, a slopseller provided essential garments for the working class.
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The slopseller had a variety of inexpensive clothes.
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Many slopsellers operated in the market during the 19th century.
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In eighteenth-century London, a slopseller provided essential garments for the working class.
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Most of his income came from his work as a slopseller in the crowded marketplace.
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The slopseller on the corner offered affordable coats to laborers and sailors.
Synonyms
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8.9
A person who sells men's clothes, accessories, and sewing items like buttons
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6.1
A maker or seller of clothes
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9.9
A person who makes or sells cheap, low quality goods to make money
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6.1
A person or shop that sells men's clothes, especially suits and formal clothes
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9.9
A person who sells poor-quality goods in a loud, showy way
A person who offers cheap ready-made clothes for working people
A person who sells poor quality goods in a showy way
A person who sells low-quality goods in a flashy, dishonest way
How Established
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slopseller comes from the two parts slop and seller, where slop once meant 'loose, cheap clothing' often made for sailors and seller means 'one who sells'. So a slopseller was a person who sold ready-made, low-cost garments.