Meaning of old-clothesman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dealer in used clothing.
2. A person who wears old, cast-off clothing.

Examples

“Having confessed their guilt, on Tuesday in Passion-week, La Hotte, his brother, the sergeant, the locksmith, a shearman, and an old-clothesman called Martin de Coulogne, were ordered to be hanged on the gibbet at Paris by sentence of the provost of Paris.”

“If the old-clothesman is waiting for the student, the student is on the impecunious position, sold them back again to Jules.”

“At this moment the old-clothesman paused beneath the window, and putting his hand trumpet-wise to his mouth, shrilly declared his ability and willingness to purchase whatever cast-off garments those dwelling in the vicinity might desire to sell.”

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