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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-609/
- Published: 2026-04-17T18:15:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T18:15:38.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

1 *British* : a dealer in notions  
2: a dealer in men's clothing and accessories

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haberdasher?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : At various times throughout its history, the term haberdasher has referred to a dealer of hats or caps, a seller of notions (sewing supplies, such as needles and thimbles), and apparently (perhaps somewhat coyly) to a person who sells liquor. Nowadays, with hats not being as fashionable as they once were, the word mostly is applied generally as a clothing outfitter for men, with haberdashery referring to the establishment or the goods sold there. Haberdasher derives via Middle English from hapertas, an Anglo-French word for a kind of cloth, as does the obsolete noun haberdash, which once meant petty merchandise or small wares.

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