haberdashery

hab·er·dash·ery | \ ˈha-bər-ˌda-sh(ə-)rē

How to pronounce haberdashery (audio)

, ˈha-bə- \

plural haberdasheries

Definition of haberdashery

1 : goods (such as men's clothing and accessories) sold by a haberdasher a fine selection of haberdashery

2 : a shop selling notions or men's clothing and accessories

Examples of haberdashery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And, yes, a year is long enough for one's taste in haberdashery to shift, so this isn't a cut/paste/update of last year's order, which is noted parenthetically with all 32 teams. — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "NFL uniform power rankings 2020: Where teams stand after many alter looks this offseason," 16 Apr. 2020 The 1903 Kaskel & Kaskel Building, a marble Beaux-Arts pile built at 32nd Street for a high-end haberdashery, was destroyed in 2017, along with a 1905 Beaux-Arts neighbor, despite a preservation petition that garnered 20,000 signatures. — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, "Fighting to Preserve the Magic of Lower Fifth Avenue," 17 Jan. 2020 That is, until their twenty-four-year-old son, Jonathan, loses his job at a New York City haberdashery and is forced to move back home. — Riane Konc, The New Yorker, "New Hallmark Original Christmas Movies from Your Favorite Hollywood Directors," 20 Dec. 2019 Blake’s family were comfortable, rather than wealthy, as the owners of a hosiery shop and haberdashery. — K.s.c., The Economist, "A blockbuster show at Tate Britain gives William Blake his due," 17 Sep. 2019 The works were shown in the rooms above his family’s haberdashery shop in London. — K.s.c., The Economist, "A blockbuster show at Tate Britain gives William Blake his due," 17 Sep. 2019 Sometime in the past decade, a new breed of attention-seeking attendee emerged, one photographers couldn’t miss, in neon plaid suits and half-a-haberdashery worth of accessories. — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, "Inside the Bizarre Life of a Male Street-Style Star," 14 Jan. 2019 His theme and timing were as impeccable as his haberdashery skills: Browne showed just in advance of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. — Vogue, "Notes on Camping (in the Snow)—From Thom Browne," 31 Dec. 2018 Bijan has never aspired to be the world’s hippest haberdashery or even the most stylish. — Maer Roshan, Town & Country, "In Beverly Hills and Beyond, Bijan Carries on a Tradition of Excess and Exclusivity," 22 Oct. 2018

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“Haberdashery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haberdashery. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.

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