| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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from hapertas, a cloth the width of which was settled by Magna Charta. A “hapertas-er” is the seller of hapertas-erie. | 1 |
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| “To match this saint there was another, |
| As busy and perverse a brother, |
| An haberdasher of small wares |
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Butler: Hudibras, iii. 2. |
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