haberdashery

[ hab-er-dash-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural hab·er·dash·er·ies.

1. a haberdasher's shop.
2. the goods sold there.

haberdashery

/ ˈhæbəˌdæʃərɪ /

noun

1. the goods or business kept by a haberdasher

Word History and Origins

Origin of haberdashery¹

1425–75; late Middle English haberdashrye < Anglo-French. See haberdasher, -y ³

Example Sentences

He populates his story, of a poisoning in a tucked-away haberdashery during a deadly blizzard in the post-Civil War West, with faces familiar from his previous films, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen; they’re joined by an Oscar-nominated Jennifer Jason Leigh, in a particularly foul-mouthed and ill-tempered mood.

From New York Times

You’d go in the front door and see an unassuming haberdashery, but the back room was loaded with ill-gotten goods, waiting for illegal sale.

From Slate

The renovated Oviatt proved attractive to tenants including a fancy eatery in the former haberdashery on the ground floor that is now the Cicada Restaurant and Lounge.

From Los Angeles Times

Loren Cameron was in his early 30s when he bought his first suit, walking nervously into a haberdashery for short men.

From New York Times

Mr. Schecter also bought the former premier a derby and a Tyrolean hat from Lock & Company in London, which bills itself as the world’s oldest haberdashery.

From New York Times