old clothes man

noun

1. a person who deals in second-hand clothes

Example Sentences

The placing of compound adjectives before the noun, "… smelling of old clothes … Man!"

From The Guardian

People said the subject was not a taking one; Tobit was too much like an old clothes man, or a veritable descendant of Moses and Sons.

From Project Gutenberg

And if the old clothes man doesn’t throw another head of lettuce and hit my typewriter so it won’t talk to the paper I’ll tell you another story to-morrow.

From Project Gutenberg

“Or an old clothes man,” Rhoda added with a laugh.

From Project Gutenberg

He was the son of an old clothes' man in Monmouth Street; and had been a lottery-office keeper, stockbroker, and gambler.

From Project Gutenberg