linener en · NOUN
Etymology
From linen + -er.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
all the dames at court by a fortnight, have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers[…]
1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lineners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |