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UPHOLSTERER

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 782 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UPHOLSTERER , in See also:

modern usage, a tradesman who supplies coverings, cushions, See also:padding and stuffing for chairs, sofas or beds, or who See also:repairs the same, and more generally one who also provides carpets, curtains and See also:household See also:furniture. The word first appears as " upholder, " then as " upholdster " or " up-See also:holster, " and finally with repetition of -er, as in " poulterer," " upholsterer. " The first meaning seems to have been a See also:broker or dealer in small wares. Probably the name was given to a broker who sold such goods by See also:auction, holding them up to public view as is the manner of auction-rooms.

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