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100 1 _aBaker, William Henry,
_d1869-
245 1 2 _aA dictionary of men's wear
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-06-14
508 _aRichard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"A dictionary of men's wear" by William Henry Baker is a trade reference dictionary written in the early 20th century. It compiles the terminology of men’s apparel and allied trades—covering fabrics, tailoring, shoemaking, hats, haberdashery, and uniforms—mixing precise definitions with shop slang and practical notes. Aimed at clothiers, tailors, manufacturers, and sellers, it promises an engaging, useful lexicon with appendices on correct dress and military attire. The opening of the dictionary presents a playful epigraph, a sweeping dedication to the clothing trades, and an explanatory preface outlining its origins in a smaller “Clothes Dictionary,” its aim to be comprehensive yet readable, and its choice of simplified spelling and non-pronouncing format to save space. The author stresses practicality over pedantry, notes incomplete coverage is inevitable, and lists extensive authorities (encyclopedias, trade journals, and U.S. uniform regulations), followed by personal acknowledgments. The alphabetical entries then begin, running from A into early C, defining garments, textiles, processes, and tools (from alpaca and aiguillette to back stitch and basket weave), along with retail slang, sports gear, and detailed military uniform notes—delivered in a brisk, sometimes witty tone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cCleveland: William Henry Baker, 1908
653 _aClothing and dress -- Dictionaries
653 _aTailoring -- Dictionaries
653 _aMen's furnishing goods
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmens00bake
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76299
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