A haberdasher is a shopkeeper who sells haberdashery: the small things you need for sewing and dressing — buttons, thread, ribbons, zips, needles.

A haberdasherhaberdasher is a shopkeeper是個店老闆，who sells haberdashery賣的是haberdashery——the small things you need for sewing and dressing縫紉和穿著需要的小東西：buttons, thread, ribbons, zips, needles鈕扣、線、緞帶、拉鍊、針。

The word is old-fashioned and mainly British. You are more likely to meet it in a story, or on the sign of an old shop, than in a shopping mall.

The word is old-fashioned and mainly British這個字很老派，主要是英式用法。You are more likely to meet it in a story, or on the sign of an old shop你比較可能在故事裡，或老店的招牌上遇到它，than in a shopping mall而不是在購物中心裡。

In American English a haberdasher used to mean a man who sold men’s hats, ties, and clothes, which is a different shop altogether — though actually that American use has almost died out too. Today most people just say “the sewing shop.” The person is the haberdasher; the goods, or the shop, are haberdashery.

In American English在美式英語裡，a haberdasher used to mean a man who sold men's hats, ties, and clotheshaberdasher以前是指賣男帽、領帶和男裝的人，which is a different shop altogether那完全是另一種店——though actually that American use has almost died out too不過其實這個美式用法也幾乎消失了。Today most people just say “the sewing shop.”今天大家大多直接說『the sewing shop』；The person is the haberdasher這個人叫haberdasher，the goods, or the shop, are haberdashery商品或店本身則叫haberdashery。