fripperer

English

Noun

fripperer (plural fripperers)

(obsolete) A fripper; one who deals in frippery or old clothes.
- 1693, Thomas D'Urfey, The Marriage-hater Match'd:
  Why, a meer Fripperer, or Broker's Shop, that's ſain to sell her Wares at second hand

References

“fripperer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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