Hosier vs Cosier - What's the difference?
hosier | cosier |
One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
* {{quote-book, year=1837 , author=(Nathaniel Whittock)
, title=The complete book of trades
, passage=Haberdasher and hosier. Each of those trades merge in the other, occasionally;..our Hosiers seldom confine their dealings to the wares which clothe our legs.
, editor=J. Bennett, volume=1
, edition=1
(cosy)
As nouns the difference between hosier and cosier
is that hosier is one who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose while cosier is an incompetent tailor.As an adjective cosier is
comparative of cosy.hosier
English
Noun
(en noun)- William Blake's father was a hosier .
citation, page=289 }}