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wool stapler

noun

  1. a dealer in wool.
  2. a person who sorts wool, according to the staple or fiber.


wool stapler

noun

  1. a person who sorts wool into different grades or classifications
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwool-ˌstapling, nounadjective
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Other Words From

  • woolstapling adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wool stapler1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

I have been a business man from my youth up; I began with a pack on my back; then I became a wool stapler, and lastly a money lender.

"The daughter of a wool stapler, one Martin Holt, foster brother to my venerated father, the third Earl of Andover," said Lady Frances, quietly.

Was not Virgil the son of a porter, Horace of a shopkeeper, Demosthenes of a cutler, Milton of a money scrivener, Shakespeare of a wool stapler, and Cromwell of a brewer?

Finest of all, perhaps, are the brasses of the wool staplers, with feet resting on woolpack or sheep; but there are many other merchants too.

"A wool stapler!" muttered Kate, with a slight pout of her pretty lips.

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