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Meanings of upholsterer in English

Portuguese
tapeceiro
Spanish
tapicero
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Person who makes or repairs fixed soft coverings and padding for furniture.

          Related terms
          tapeceiro
          Usage of upholsterer in English
          1
          In taking your apartment and engaging your upholsterer, you did too much.
          Conscience — Volume 1
          2
          The doctor's old green salon had been renovated by a Parisian upholsterer.
          Ursula
          3
          When he paid the upholsterer, the latter seemed to wear a cunning smile.
          His Excellency the Minister
          4
          You will think that I have some intention of turning upholsterer.
          Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
          5
          He called on his upholsterer and heard news to please her.
          Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
          6
          He received with scornful smiles his upholsterer's suggestions of Persian rugs.
          Spring Days
          7
          She was now come to speak to Mrs. Ludgate about the upholsterer's bill.
          Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
          8
          I wonder whether they are real books, or only upholsterer's dummies?
          Birds of Prey
          9
          Christopher Gatewood was a furniture upholsterer who took an active interest in Democratic politics.
          Letters to jackie: condolences from a grieving nation
          10
          The little upholsterer bee was not the only one who worked in the rose-bushes.
          Invisible Links
          11
          The bedrooms might have been fitted up by an upholsterer of Tottenham Court Road.
          In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
          12
          It had been hung with delicate rose-colored Louis XVI cretonne by an Orleans upholsterer.
          Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
          13
          Cromer, the upholsterer, wanted to persuade me to have a sofa and a writing-table.
          Wives and Daughters
          14
          No upholsterer on earth ever manufactured a mattress to equal a bed of heather.
          Big Game: A Story for Girls
          15
          He has got on wonderfully as upholsterer, decorator, and auctioneer.
          Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
          16
          He gave the coachman the upholsterer's address, Boulevard des Capucins.
          His Excellency the Minister
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          Translations for upholsterer
          Portuguese
          tapeceiro
          Spanish
          tapicero
          Upholsterer through the time
          Upholsterer across language varieties
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