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linen draper
noun
, British.
- a dry-goods merchant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of linen draper1
First recorded in 1540–50
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Example Sentences
The son of a well-known linen-draper in Yolo, he was educated at the military college of Savannah.
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You watched the rioting in the streets with little fear, but the linen-draper and all other shop-keepers kept barred doors.
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But ruddy-cheeked John Audland, the linen-draper of Crosslands, had been quicker than the elderly farmer.
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He was the son of a linen-draper, who, as factor to the South Sea Company, acquired considerable property.
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He was the son of a linen-draper in Edinburgh; or, as the Scotch call it, following the French, a merchant.
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