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- noun Plural form of
clothier .
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Examples
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How could all the florists, caterers, photographers, stretch limo drivers, high-end venues, designer label clothiers, jewelers and wedding planners have missed this one?
Vaishali: Say 'I Do' to Gay Marriage: It's Just Good Business 2010
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How could all the florists, caterers, photographers, stretch limo drivers, high-end venues, designer label clothiers, jewelers and wedding planners have missed this one?
Vaishali: Say 'I Do' to Gay Marriage: It's Just Good Business 2010
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This second Adam Winthrop, at the age of seventeen, went to London, binding himself as an apprentice for ten years under the well-esteemed and profitable guild of the "clothiers," or cloth-workers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various
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A class of merchants or manufacturers arose who are spoken of as "clothiers," or "merchant clothiers," who bought the wool or other raw material, and gave it out to carders or combers, spinners, weavers, fullers, and other craftsmen, paying them for their respective parts in the process of manufacture, and themselves disposing of the product at home or for export.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Edward Potts Cheyney 1904
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This has ever seemed to me one of the fortunate conditions that tended to the marked success of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, that so many had been "clothiers" or cloth-workers in England; or had come from shires in England where wool was raised and cloth made, and hence knew the importance of the industry as well as its practical workings.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Yet, when clouds form and belts tighten, it becomes even easier to see which designers can genuinely innovate no matter how scant their resources, and which clothiers are just smoke and mirrors held up by money.
Refinery29.com: The 10 Hardest Working Designers In Fashion Refinery29.com 2010
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With $125,000 on the line, final clothiers Jeffrey, Dominique and Calvin each hope nothing comes apart at the seams.
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Some clothiers will place the highest importance on the selection of the tie to bring everything together, and this is probably an accurate level of thinking.
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His debut mixtape, "LIVELOVEA$AP," might not guarantee New York's Second Coming, but it showcases Rocky's immaculate taste in beats, collaborators and fancy clothiers.
Sonic Science Projects Andy Beta 2012
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The original youth culture clothiers at Stussy have produced a three-part documentary, available online, about the late hip hop producer and visionary J. Dilla.
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