Yet again the threatened clothier came riding alone, but in the night he was roused by the innkeeper himself to help quiet a riotous dispute that had arisen in the house over dice.
Commonly he journeyed in company with two intimate clothier friends, Gray of Gloucester and William of Worcester.
It was written, probably in 1598, by one Thomas Delaney, and is a lengthy narrative of a wealthy clothier of that name, otherwise Thomas Cole.
The Chap-book version is, that he was apprenticed to a rich clothier at Newbury, and married his master's widow, and a great portion of the book is taken up with their courtship.
For instance, the clothier was now a manufacturer.
No clothier may keep more than one wool loom in his house, because many weavers do not have enough work to support their families.
At length they stopped by Maida Vale, and the wholesale clothier having ridden his full three-pennyworth, waddled down two streets and arrived at his dwelling.
This Jack of Newbury, alias Winchcombe, alias Smallwoode, "was the most considerable clothier England ever had.
He knew that he was talking himself down while the Israelitish clothier was talking himself up.
Mr. Hart the greatclothier from Houndsditch and Regent Street,--Messrs.
What seat could be gained by one vote and not be contested, especially when the beaten candidate was a Jew clothier rolling in money?
And whatever the world may say, Nicholas Frog is but a poor man in comparison of the rich, the opulent John Bull, great clothier of the world.
He got this clothier to accompany him, and when going over the works they came upon the very same kind of machines as the clothier had in his establishment.
Again, the clothier at Devizes says to his head man, or perhaps his son, 'This Mr H.
It was midnight when the residence of the clothier was reached.
The clothier had noticed that the Citoyen Gracchus Bastide was about to finish, and he hurried to ask a hearing, which was instantly granted him.
The clothier entered, Helene followed him closely, and Paul closed the door.
The worthy clothier could scarcely read, but he could talk, and better still, he could perorate with remarkable emphasis and power, knew by heart all the peculiar phrases of the day, and even descended to the slang of political life.
In fact, and by force of circumstances, she became a Purveyor to the Hospitals, a Clothier to the British Army, and in many emergencies a Dea ex machina.
As he spoke the clothier heaped garments on the counter.
The clothier raised his thin voice: "Kate, here's a strange boy.
It is evident that no large capital was needed in this mode of doing business; the clothier had no operatives to look after, and only a small portion of his time was occupied in his business.
The clothier was a man of some means, that bought the yarn or abb in the Tuesday's market from Cornish and Tavistock spinners, who kept this branch of the trade pretty much to themselves.
The clothier provided the raw material, gave out the wool to be made up, and sold again to the draper.
They were the sons of a clothier (during the 18th century, a person who performed the several operations in finishing cloth) and had been apprenticed to the trade.
I saw white on a corner of the Desert, a city, and I descended on it by the shop of a clothier that sat quietly by his goods and stuffs, thinking of fate less than of kabobs and stews and rare seasonings.
The claimant is getting the worst of it, however, and we are tempted to overlook his ingratitude for the sake of the following skit called forth by his appearance as a thinker and clothier of thoughts.
The hall was so contrived as to serve for the dyer and for the clothier at the same time.
The master-clothier is answerable for all the sorted wool he receives, till he delivers it to the clerk of the wool-spinners; and all his accounts are settled with the steward once a week.
The wool received by the master-clothier is by him delivered to the wool-sorters to be sorted.
The detective at once surmised that the clothier occupied sleeping apartments in the building, and that the two men had probably retired for the night.
After the customer had departed, the clothier advanced, bowing and smiling, toward the detective, as if anticipating another sale as profitable as the last one.
Manning, however, had nothing further to say, and bidding the clothier a pleasant farewell he left the store.
Maintaining his watch for several hours, he was gratified, about nine o'clock, to see the clothier making preparations to close his store, and a few moments afterwards he appeared upon the street.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clothier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: clothier; draper; furrier; haberdasher; tailor
