haberdasher of pronouns

noun

schoolmaster

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nounhaberdasher of pronouns (plural haberdashers of pronouns)

plural haberdashers of pronouns

  1. obsoleteslangschoolmaster

    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.

    1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 104
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