Hattery

//ˈhætəɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shop that sells hats.

    "And in 1757, James Lock, a hatter's apprentice, married his boss's daughter and gave his name to a hattery already 81 years old, which in 1805 manufactured a cocked hat for Nelson with a special "eye-shade" to conceal the Admiral's blind eye."

Example

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"And in 1757, James Lock, a hatter's apprentice, married his boss's daughter and gave his name to a hattery already 81 years old, which in 1805 manufactured a cocked hat for Nelson with a special "eye-shade" to conceal the Admiral's blind eye."

Etymology

hat + -ery

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