old-clothesman

Greasy collars, chalky seams, threadbare cuffs, (three warnings that the time must come when that tunic, for which five pounds ten have been lost to them and their heirs for ever, will be worth no more than a couple of shillings to an old-clothesman in Holywell Street,) fill them, as they walk along the Strand, with apprehensions of anticipated expenditure.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various

He shouted, chattered, and pointed to his wares, but without success; then he had a long chat with an old-clothesman, whose establishment was on the opposite side of the alley; and at last, recollecting that, all this time there was a customer in his shop, he turned his back upon the public and walked in.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

Bernardine consort oddly with the old-clothesman saying mass with wet hands, and Beccadelli the soft singer of abominations, just as the

Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892

For a short time in her motley history, an old-clothesman, one Domenico -- he and his "Compagnia del Bruco," his _Company of the Worm_ [1] -- reigned over Siena and gave to her people a taste for blood.

Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892

The old-clothesman, who by some strange oversight died in his bed, was floated up on the incense of this devout service to show his hands, and -- marvel!

Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892

I have often fancied, for instance, on seeing the haggard pale young old-clothesman, who wakes the echoes of our street with his nasal cry of "Clo '!"

Catherine: a Story William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

I have often fancied, for instance, on seeing the haggard pale young old-clothesman, who wakes the echoes of our street with his nasal cry of “Clo’!” —

Catherine: a story 1839