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 consigner wrote, "I could not find any Bridgwater cloth but Red; so all the coats sent are red lined with blew, and lace suitable; which red is the choise color of all."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse