apparently a confusion for braided ware = damaged or faded goods; see braided, adj.
单词 | θ218543 |
释义 | society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > low quality goods (12) brayed ware1603 apparently a confusion for braided ware = damaged or faded goods; see braided, adj. breathed ware1640 tarnished goods; cf. braided wares at braided, adj. b. mattress1685 Defective playing cards. third1768 Commerce. plural. Goods of the third degree of quality. wastera1800 Something rejected as waste. An article of faulty or inferior manufacture. imperfects1862 In plural. Substandard or faulty goods, which are usually sold at a reduced price. Cf. second, n.2 5. fifths1881 plural. Articles of the fifth degree in quality; fifth-rate material. cheaps1930 plural. Things that may be bought at a low price or cheaply, esp. cheap editions of books. irregular1940 Usually in plural. An imperfect piece of merchandise (esp. clothing or cloth) sold at a reduced price. Cf. second, adj. 5. Originally and chiefly U.S. borax1942 Cheap, inferior, or ostentatious goods, esp. furniture; inferior and tasteless design, ‘so called fr[om]. the reputed custom of a producer of… tat1951 Rubbish, junk, worthless goods. Also transferred and figurative. braided wares- In some senses of the verb. braided wares: goods that have changed colour, tarnished, faded. Obsolete. |
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