haberdashery

[ hab-er-dash-uh-ree ]

/ ˈhæb ərˌdæʃ ə ri /

a haberdasher's shop.

the goods sold there.

Origin of haberdashery

1425–75; late Middle English haberdashrye < Anglo-French. See haberdasher, -y³

The heartbroken person stoops over and takes a telescopic view of my haberdashery.

Heart of the West |O. Henry
On certain days of the week I employ myself in editing a trade journal that has to do with haberdashery.

The Mahatma and the Hare |H. Rider Haggard
He dropped a choice new bit of haberdashery into the trunk and went for another look at It prone on the floor in that other room.

Bunker Bean |Harry Leon Wilson
I am involved in a whirlwind of haberdashery, Brussels lace, diamonds.

Nancy |Rhoda Broughton

Your change and package, miss, the impersonal voice of the haberdashery clerk intervened and Dorothy turned back to the counter.

Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin |Dorothy Wayne

haberdashery

/ (ˈhæbəˌdæʃərɪ) /

the goods or business kept by a haberdasher