hosier

The young man in the balcony of a theatre who displays a gorgeous waistcoat for the benefit of the fair owners of opera glasses, has very probably no socks in his wardrobe, for the hosier is another of the genus of weevils that nibble at the purse.

Father Goriot 2003

The young man in the balcony of a theater who displays a gorgeous waistcoat for the benefit of the fair owners of opera glasses, has very probably no socks in his wardrobe, for the hosier is another of the genus of weevils that nibble at the purse.

Paras. 800–899 1917

“A bricklayer?” said Mr Harrel, “ay, sure, and a hosier too; sit down, Mr Simkins, keep your place, man!”

Cecilia 2008

He is said to have been a hosier; but what, after all, was a hosier in the seventeenth century?

The Common Reader, Second Series 2004

So that, notwithstanding the most parsimonious economy, I ran in debt to my landlord, who seized my effects; and an hosier, from whom I had received some parcels upon credit, took out a writ against me, by virtue of which

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

This vigilant grocer and butterman, tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuffman, hosier also, and general provider for the outer as well as the inner man, had much of that enterprise in his nature which the country believes to come from London.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

For a sum of five thousand francs he disposed of the fruits of his industry to a retired hosier named Gandy, who published them subsequently under the title

Balzac 2003

His substitute was called in to one of the hosier kings, bespoken by the wife of a wealthy tanner.

The Way Home 2003

With her other hand she was pulling along a poor puny little fellow, his face covered with scrofula, the son of a Rouen hosier, whom his parents, too taken up with their business, left in the country.

Madame Bovary 2003

[A West-end hosier advertises suits of Pyjamas in his window as "the latest styles in slumber-wear."]

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892 Various