What is "tradesmen"

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Mango herself, or her son’s wife, Lady Mary Mango (daughter of the Earl of Castlemouldy, who condescended to marry the head of the firm), the tradesmen of the neighbourhood could not pay her more honour than they invariably showed to the gentle young widow, when she passed by their doors, or made her humble purchases at their shops.

The times were very much changed since the period when she drove to Mudbury in the spring-cart, and called the small tradesmen “Sir.

Briggs’s friends, small tradesmen, in a country town, quarrelled over Miss Briggs’s forty pounds a-year, as eagerly and more openly than Miss Crawley’s kinsfolk had for that lady’s inheritance.

She had a cheque-book, a prize footman to follow her when she walked, unlimited credit, and bows and compliments from all the tradesmen and all the appurtenances of an heiress.

At half-past nine he rose and went to the City, and she was almost free till dinner-time, to make visitations in the kitchen, and to scold the servants: to drive abroad and descend upon the tradesmen, who were prodigiously respectful: to leave her cards and her papa’s at the great glum respectable houses of their City friends.

As she had paid her bills very regularly hitherto, one or two of the tradesmen to whom the poor lady was obliged to go round asking for time were very angry at a delay to which they were perfectly used from more irregular customers.

Books, when to keep you and your son in luxury, and your dear father out of gaol, I’ve sold every trinket I had, the India shawl from my back—even down to the very spoons, that our tradesmen mightn’t insult us, and that Mr.

We have said, there were times when she believed herself to be a fine lady, and forgot that there was no money in the chest at home—duns round the gate, tradesmen to coax and wheedle—no ground to walk upon, in a word.

The Scape tradesmen, all honourably paid, left their cards, and were eager to supply the new household.

He had a persuasive way with him, and the tradesmen seemed to treat him like a favourite son.

To a man the tradesmen of Combe Regis seemed as deficient in Simple Faith as they were in Norman Blood.

If only these scoundrels of tradesmen would leave us alone for a spell we could get things going properly.

It was as if the tradesmen of the neighbourhood had formed a league, and were working in concert.

There was a chance that aggressive measures would be confined to the enemy at our gates, the tradesmen of Combe Regis.

Beside Petya stood a peasant woman, a footman, two tradesmen, and a discharged soldier.