wool stapler

American  

noun

1. a dealer in wool.

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

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wool stapler British  

noun

1. a person who sorts wool into different grades or classifications

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Other Word Forms

• wool-stapling noun
• woolstapling adjective

Etymology

Origin of wool stapler

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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?

From An Iron Will by Marden, Orison Swett

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.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

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

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

He is but a wool stapler, as I have told thee, and his friends are simple folks like himself.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Methinks Cuthbert will need no hint from me to despise the home of the honest wool stapler.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn