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Unfolding the garment, the tradesman thrust it close to Chichikov's nose in order that he might not only handle, but also smell it.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRADESMAN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tradesman
 n.  a merchant who owns or manages a shop
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  "Sir, I beg of you to inspect my goods," said a tradesman as Chichikov was passing his establishment.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
2  "I have cloths of the finest kind," replied the tradesman, raising his cap with one hand, and pointing to his shop with the other.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
3  Unfolding the garment, the tradesman thrust it close to Chichikov's nose in order that he might not only handle, but also smell it.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
4  "Paul Ivanovitch, I have been looking for you everywhere," Lienitsin's voice said from behind him, while again the tradesman hastened to remove his cap.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
5  Paying the tradesman for the cloth, he left the shop.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
6  A tradesman's wife standing beside Petya sobbed, and the tears ran down her cheeks.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XXI
7  A tradesman's wife was showing a rent in her shawl and telling how much the shawl had cost; another was saying that all silk goods had now got dear.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XXI
8  on till he reached Vereshchagin, a half educated tradesman, you know, 'a.'
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER X
9  "It's all very well for you, Ivan Sidorych, to talk," said the first tradesman angrily.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
10  This man, bent double, rushed past the tradesman and the officer.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
11  He gives a revolution as a tradesman whose money-box is empty gives a ball.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
12  It resembles a tradesman who has become a councillor of state.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
13  A man was introduced of simple mien, who had the appearance of a tradesman.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
14  The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
15  Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Example Sentence:
1  This is a job for a skilled tradesman.