haberdashery
noun
Examples of haberdashery in a Sentence
Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
Some version of the jacket can probably be found in most every haberdashery in Italy and, for all one knows, on the sales floor at Macy’s Herald Square.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 22 July 2023
Her penchant for the texture, pattern, and detail of haberdashery has led to interiors projects for the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrien Brody, stores for Harry Winston, and offices for PWC and Merrill Lynch.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 20 July 2023
La Iberia, a haberdashery opened in 1937 by José Maria Vázquez, purveyed American brands like Van Heusen.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 2 June 2023
The brand, which was established in the Virgin Islands by a U.S. Navy officer in 1946, built its name on Bay Rum, that sweet, spicy elixir that shot to fame in the Mad Men era and is still stocked at all the best haberdasheries where your grandfather might have shopped.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
James Oviatt was thinking of Mission-style architecture for his top-end haberdashery, but a trip to the 1925 Paris Art Deco Exposition changed his mind, and soon, 30 tons of custom glass and adornments — windows, mailboxes, light panels — were on their way to Los Angeles.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
There was to be a hotel and re-creations of an old-time butcher shop, barbershop, a general store, haberdashery, pool hall, an old service station and a coal mine.
—John Bordsen, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
The Palace was best remembered for the 200-foot passageway that connected the two entrances with the actual auditorium entrance in between, with display windows showing off the haberdashery goods of owners Ransom & Silsbee as well as other local merchants.
—Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2020
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Word History
Middle English haberdasshrie, from haberdasshere haberdasher + -rie -ry
Note: The word appears earliest in Anglo-French texts, but it is impossible to say, given the obscure origin of haberdasshere, whether the word should be regarded as English or Anglo-French.
1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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