consigner

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When we got a new consigner, I was really excited, because I had seen these karate pants before in other fabrications, but I never saw them in this snakeskin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

The consigner we were going to see, Tanya Monaghan, was the mother of one of her children’s school friends.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

“When I spoke with the consigner, he said, ‘What do you think the estimate should be?’ ”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016

The consigner of the skeleton has pleaded guilty to helping to smuggle numerous dinosaur remains into the U.S. and is out on $100,000 bail, awaiting sentencing.

From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2013

The box was consigned to the trustees of the Museum, and the boy, being questioned, described the consigner as "a very old gentleman, with long, white hair."

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax