English

Noun

carpetmonger ‎(plural carpetmongers)

1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
2. (obsolete) One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 2

     [...] Leander the good swimmer, Troilus the first employer of panders, and a whole book full of these quondam carpet-mongers, whose names yet run smoothly in the even road of a blank verse [...]