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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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clothing, yard goods, etc.

Quotations

1765

Hunter & M'Fie . . . imported a Parcel of Dry Goods, agreeable to this market, last Fall; such as road-cloths, Velvets, Plushes, Thicksets.

1876

. . . it will sooner or later get broken, if used for the conveyance . . . such for instance as "dry goods," meaning trans-Atlantically drapery, hosiery and clothing in general, or what is called by packers, "Jews freight."

1959

Ellen was impressed by the number of unpainted and false-front stores offering all sorts of hardware and dry goods.