How to Use haberdasher in a Sentence

haberdasher

noun
  • Boys came to buy their first suit at the haberdasher, and teenage girls could get their shoes dyed to match the color of their prom dress.
    — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • Before the haberdasher headed home, Squeri put a king’s ransom for the new wardrobe on his Amex card.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • Her mother was a haberdasher, and my dad’s mom was a seamstress, so the idea of using your hands to express yourself has great history in my family.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Logan never lets his guard down, even in the sun—his sun hat is wool, from Walker Slater, a tweedy, posh haberdasher from Scotland.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The living room’s bookcases were once used by a haberdasher in Porto, Portugal.
    — J. S. Marcus, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • Truman had often been dismissed as a onetime Missouri haberdasher who lucked into politics.
    — Glenn Rifkin, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And Wilkes Bashford, the late haute haberdasher of his eponymous Sutter Street boutique, was a founding trustee.
    — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • With separate shops for men and women, Barcelona's most exclusive haberdashers hand-stitch practically every garment.
    — Andrew Ferren, ELLE Decor, 4 Apr. 2011
  • Founded in 1977 by Michael Drake, the East London haberdasher is renowned for their high-quality shirts and ties.
    — Scott Christian, Esquire, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Modern American haberdasher Sid Mashburn carries a mix of darted and undarted jackets.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Graunt, born on this day in 1620, was a London haberdasher who was the first to start putting together the information about how people died in the city to help gain a broader understanding of the causes of death and how people lived.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2017

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