Shakespeare the son of a wool-stapler."
"Ruggles of Red Gap"
Harry Leon Wilson
The wool-stapler makes his rounds as soon as shearing is completed; his first call is to examine the fleeces, and if a deal results a second visit follows for weighing and packing.
"Grain and Chaff from an English Manor"
Arthur H. Savory
The Bradford stapler has the northern method of speech, which sounds unfamiliar in the midland and southern counties, but it is not so cryptic as that of the Scottish wool trade.
"Grain and Chaff from an English Manor"
Arthur H. Savory