Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dealer in carpets.
- noun One most at home on a carpet; a lover of ease and pleasure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
- noun One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who deals in
carpets ; a buyer and seller of carpets. - noun obsolete One fond of
pleasure ; agallant .
Etymologies
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carpet + -monger
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trochee commented on the word carpetmonger
what an interesting extension -- one who sells carpets to one who enjoys leisure.
now probably obsolete.
September 30, 2010