"fashionmonger", 1729; interdates OED 1624 -- 1782

Sun Dec 19 02:04:41 UTC 2010

Fashionmongers were force to go to France several Times in the Year
to see what was fit for our Court and Quality to wear; which
occasioned the laying out of large Sums of Money ...

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[Gee, Joshua.]
The Trade and Navigation of Great-Britain Considered: Shewing ... .
London: Printed by Sam. Buckley, 1729.

page 30.

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