Sentence examples for yard goods from inspiring English sources

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yard goods

noun

Merchandise, especially fabric, sold in units of linear measure.

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Kluckhorn and his brother run a yard goods store on 14th St.

Thus Atlas has consulted the psychic yard goods salesmen who worked the Chicago territory before Bellow, from Theodore Dreiser to James T. Farrell to Nelson Algren.

These usually include ready-to-wear apparel and accessories for adults and children, yard goods and household textiles, small household wares, furniture, electrical appliances and accessories, and, often, food.

On the Internet, I once bought green yard goods patterned with white golf balls and colorful tees, and my wife, Yolanda Whitman, fashioned sleeves from it which would each hold a couple of dozen balls for presentation to Hackl.

Six months ago, they had designed an efficient stirrup pump, collapsible bucket, asbestos gloves, goggles, and blackout paint, and had acquired a good working knowledge of blackout yard goods.

Although the state's sales tax revisions are mainly meant to exempt purchases of clothing and shoes costing less than $110 and have been widely promoted by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the report said stores continued to charge tax on merchandise that consumers may not know is exempt, including diapers, hosiery and yard goods.

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For the money you'll shell out for a one-bedroom, you can get a large house with a yard, good schools, safe streets, not listen to the clicking of high heels above you, have more than one dog and never have to see an airshaft.

In 1845 Worth left London, where he had worked in a yard-goods firm, for Paris, where he was employed in a dress accessories shop.

These peninsulas take the water between thumb and finger Like women feeling for the smoothness of yard-goods But what is the printer's excitement to us, or to the author of this determinedly unemotional poem?

For a team with a 1-11 record in 2012, he had 198 carries for 715 yards, good enough to be noticed by N.F.L. scouts.

Thomas Jones, above, has quietly amassed 601 rushing yards, good for second-most in the American Football Conference and ninth in the N.F.L.

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