hosier

[ hoh-zher ]

noun

1. a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.

hosier

/ ˈhəʊzɪə /

noun

1. a person who sells stockings, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hosier¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, hosier is from the late Middle English word hosiare. See hose, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

Then came a hosier and a bootmaker and a hatter; nay, I was forgetting a jeweller from Temple Bar.

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Poor Vondel kept a hosier's shop, which he left to the care of his wife, while he indulged his poetical genius.

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Leonard now shone forth in all the glory which the united powers of tailor, hatter, and hosier, could spread around lug person.

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When they came opposite to a hosier's shop, in Oxford-street, the stranger thanked him, and desired to be set down.

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In the front of the frame, immediately opposite to where the hosier sits, are placed the needles which form the loops.

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