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inventories, n. pl. colloq.|ɪnˈvɛntərɪz| [f. invent or inventor, after Fisheries, the name of a previous exhibition: cf. Colinderies, healtheries.] A name familiarly given to the Inventions Exhibition held in London in 1885.
1885Pall Mall G. 31 Mar. 3/1 The ‘Fisheries’, the ‘Healtheries’, or the ‘Inventories’. 1885Dinsdale (title) Sketches at the ‘Inventories’. |