linener

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noun

A dealer in linen; a linen draper.

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Meanings

nounlinener (plural lineners)

plural lineners

  1. obsoleteA 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)

Origin

From linen + -er.

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APA

linener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linener

MLA

“linener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linener. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linener,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linener.

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