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单词 haberdasher of pronouns
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haberdasher of pronouns

English

Noun

haberdasher of pronouns (plural haberdashers of pronouns)

  1. (obsolete slang) schoolmaster
    • 1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], OCLC 729841413, page 104:
      When I first went to Paris, I took a French master, to perfect me in the Parisian pronunciation. This “Haberdasher of Pronouns” was a person of the name of Margot.

Further reading

  • [Francis Grose] (1785), Haberdasher of pronouns”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: Printed for S. Hooper, [], OCLC 1080177284.
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