The term originated as the collective term for products of which a maker or seller is termed a
hosier; and those products are also known
Kaynak: HosieryWilliam Biggs (1804 - 3 October 1881) was a British politician and
hosier . He was elected as a councillor for Leicester City Council on
Kaynak: William BiggsWilliam Stevens (2 March 1732 – 7 February 1807) was an English
hosier and lay writer on religious topics from a High Church perspective,
Kaynak: William Stevens (writer)Jedediah Strutt (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelt it – was a
hosier and cotton spinner from Belper , England.
Kaynak: Jedediah StruttJohn Thresher traded as a
hosier, mercer and masquerade maker in Panton Street, Haymarket between 1822 and 1835, and in 1827 described
Kaynak: Thresher & GlennyThe son of Robert Kippis, a silk-
hosier, he was born at Nottingham . Having gone to school at Sleaford in Lincolnshire he passed at the
Kaynak: Andrew Kippis