Slopseller
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A slopseller was an English merchant who sold slops or rough working dress. Typically these would be butchers' aprons or similar clothing. The term slop was applied to an early form of hose
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Hose (clothing)
Hose are any of various styles of men's clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, when the term fell out of use in favor of breeches and stockings. The old plural form of "hose" was hosen...
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