I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
car/antique/art etc dealer
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■ NOUN
dealer
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It casts more doubt on Wallace's conviction in 1981 of the killing of his friend, antique dealer Jonathan Lewis.
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Rudy was a loud-mouthed, crude man in flashy clothes who said he was an antique dealer .
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He had come to find out more about the antique dealer .
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Jasper had told me he had a store on East Twelfth Street, as do many antique dealers .
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The chief organiser is Giancarlo Gallino, president of the Piedmontese association of antique dealers .
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Last summer, a friend of mine, an antique dealer , had too much to drink.
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An increase in subscriptions and a merger with the Syndicat des Antiquaires of antique dealers are both being considered.
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He had personally recruited the antique dealer .
furniture
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Shown here is the Regal Supreme, supplied complete with a pocket-sprung mattress to bring modern comfort to antique furniture .
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His passions were antique furniture and shrewd bargaining.
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Amanda claims she got her eye for good antique furniture from her grandfather.
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It even has antique furniture that is used rather than just polished.
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After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture .
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The advisability of using antique furniture in a hotel bedroom is debatable.
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There is little call for antique furniture .
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We have one of the largest and finest collections of antique furniture in the country.
shop
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It has a number of attractive old domestic buildings, schedule for preservation, and some interesting antique shops .
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Never seen so many antique shops .
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First I had to pass the antique shop where Mr Rutherford resided.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop ?
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I just want to look into that antique shop .
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I've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly.
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It is perfectly true - for this hotel is also an antique shop .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
book/antiques/craft/trade etc fair
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Antiques Fair , Social Centre, Yarm.
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Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair .
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Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs .
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Chartwell Travel is offering discounted air fares to the Frankfurt Book Fair from £108 return.
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Eighty countries plan to attend the Baghdad trade fair in November.
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Running alongside was a trade fair .
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Then, on the third day, he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a lovely antique desk
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Jacobs collects antique fountain pens.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A television set rested on an antique pine blanket-chest at the foot of the bed.
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Above, on a wooden platform, are the mill stones, accompanied by one or two antique items of interest.
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I imagined dead mice and old wires curled recklessly in the walls, rusty pipes among antique fixtures.
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I just want to look into that antique shop.
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I, I saw those in an antique store, mom.
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Public rooms include a cosy old fashioned bar and a magnificent antique salon with piano, overlooking the garden.
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She got up and crossed to a little antique rosewood desk with pigeonholes and tiny drawers along the top.
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We went on a tour of the ancient manuscripts, the antique mazes.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dealer
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Christoffers has cultivated a network among antiques dealers , collectors and museum staff who will allow her to copy their prize pieces.
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We can only stress that no reputable antiques dealer would ever conduct business on a doorstep.
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Found them at my pet antiques dealer in Cannes.
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Shares in Bond Street antiques dealer Mallett surged 19p to 73p after an unnamed bid approach.
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Edward is a private detective hired by an antiques dealer who asked Edward to list all of the valuables in the house.
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Therefore Paige Emerson is not an antiques dealer !
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He shared a shift with Philip Stacey, the local antiques dealer , who was exempt on health grounds from active service.
fair
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Serious rely on the frequent antiques fairs because of the big selection.
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He likes to eat out, or listen to concerts, or attend antiques fairs .
shop
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I love wooden toys, especially the doll that a local woman brought into the village antiques shop .
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Her husband had asked her why she did not trade it for one of the beauties that passed through their antiques shop .
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Have-a-go hero Richard was nominated by girlfriend Sarah Parker after chasing a youth who had raided a Malton antiques shop .
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One of the mill towers still stands as a private house and the old ropery is the base for an antiques shop .
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She often witnessed his eccentricity in full flow at the customers who came into his antiques shop .
■ VERB
furnish
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It has three pretty bedrooms, decorated in well-chosen fabrics, and furnished with antiques and pine.
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The house is beautifully furnished with antiques and warm colours.
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It is elegantly furnished with antiques .
sell
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Salisbury Hall is a magnificent black and white house, set in beautiful grounds and selling antiques .
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They drove slowly along the main street, Juliet too tense to see the pretty shops selling antiques and gifts.
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So now Jane was selling the family antiques .
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The Bourgeois Gentilhomme was one of many enterprises in Chelsea which survived entirely by selling antiques to each other.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an antiques dealer
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The house is full of valuable antiques.
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While some of the people attending were looking to decorate their own houses, most appeared to be antique dealers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But for the museum-quality antiques, he is a Renaissance craftsman.
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Gasp, just north of Wilshire, offers imported furniture, plus antiques and home accessories.
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Other exemptions -- such as for fine art or antiques -- can push that limit higher.
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Philpott understood the gesture and browsed through the antiques until the lone customer had left the shop.
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Prices of antiques at auction now, however, are very high.
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So many antiques that Architectural Digest magazine devoted a lengthy article to the subject in its November issue.
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The place was full of antiques, exhibited rather than used.