wardrobe dealer
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who buys and sells used or second-hand clothing: "wardrobe dealer" refers to an individual who trades in pre-owned garments, often operating in markets, thrift stores, or as a street vendor.
Usage Examples
- (A person selling second-hand clothes at a market.)
- (A trader specializing in used clothing.)
Advanced Usage
- "to act as a wardrobe dealer": to engage in the business of buying and selling used clothes.
- After retiring, he began acting as a wardrobe dealer to earn extra income. (He started trading in second-hand garments.)
Variants and Related Words
- Wardrobe (n): a collection of clothes owned by a person, or a piece of furniture for storing clothes.
- Her wardrobe is full of designer dresses. (Her collection of clothes.)
- Dealer (n): a person who buys and sells goods.
- He is a car dealer. (A person who trades cars.)
Synonyms
- Second-hand clothes seller: a person who sells pre-owned garments.
- Used clothing vendor: a merchant of previously worn apparel.
- Rag-and-bone man (historical): a person who collects and sells old clothes and other items.
Related Idioms
- "One man's trash is another man's treasure": an idiom meaning that what is worthless to one person may be valuable to another, often used in the context of second-hand goods.
- The wardrobe dealer knows that one man's trash is another man's treasure. (The dealer understands the value in used items.)