haberdashery

noun hab·er·dash·ery \ ˈha-bər-ˌda-sh(ə-)rē , ˈha-bə- \

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

Definition of haberdashery

plural haberdasheries

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

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Recent Examples of haberdashery from the Web

Then there’s Anderson & Sheppard’s haberdashery shop on Burlington Street, which is incredible.

— bloomberg, Fortune, "How to Cut the Hotel Room Service Line — And Other Luxury Travel Tips," 12 June 2018
The store was first established in 1935 as a haberdashery selling formal menswear in downtown Milwaukee.

— jeff rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sherper's starts work on new Port Washington store, wants the city to become a 'destination' for outdoor enthusiasts," 14 May 2018
More from Mansion Stand-out pieces on the second floor include haberdashery cabinets from Porto, Portugal, now used as bookcases, and a carving tray from a Brussels bistro that the couple use as a dry bar.

— j. s. marcus, WSJ, "A Fashionable Couple Remakes Madrid Mill into Mansion," 30 May 2018
In the early 1940s, Sam Scherper, the owner of the haberdashery, renamed the business as Sherper's.

— jeff rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sherper's starts work on new Port Washington store, wants the city to become a 'destination' for outdoor enthusiasts," 14 May 2018
Welfare services for department store workers began with John Wanamaker, a brickmaker’s son born in 1838 who turned a struggling Philadelphia haberdashery into a department store empire built on creative advertising and selling strategies.

— ralph blumenthal and sandra roff, New York Times, "Attention 1916 Shoppers: The Doctor Is In," 4 Mar. 2018
This old-fashioned haberdashery store is always delightful with its creative window displays– for fashion and craft lovers alike, this is the place to go for ribbon and trimmings in London.

— tom marchant, Harper's BAZAAR, "103 Things to Do, See, Eat and Shop in London," 7 Dec. 2017
Elizabeth Kurtzman’s colorful costumes — wild matchups of primary and pastel hues, with the odd bits of Op-Art haberdashery to spice them — are just as important.

— michael upchurch, The Seattle Times, "Seattle’s Moore Theatre hosts U.S. premiere of Mark Morris’ ‘Sgt. Pepper at 50: Pepperland’," 17 Feb. 2018
Haitians put down stakes in the 1970s, opening eateries, haberdasheries, tax-assistance services and grocery stores.

— simon romero, New York Times, "‘Trump’s Racism Is a Rallying Cry for Us’: Miami Haitians See Opportunity in an Insult," 18 Jan. 2018

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