Definition of "laceman" []

• A male dealer in lace. (noun)

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• "Under this class comes the Quidnunc here pourtrayed; it is said to be intended for a Mr. Tibson, laceman, in the Strand, who paid more attention to the affairs of Europe, than to those of his own shop."
• "I afterwards entered a by-coffee-house that stood at the upper end of a narrow lane, where I met with a Nonjuror engaged very warmly with a laceman who was the great support of a neighboring conventicle."
• "Close to Calais is a notable place enough, flourishing, too, founded after the great war by one Webster, an English laceman."