dry goodsn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., good n.

Etymology: < dry adj. + the plural of good n. (compare sense 10 at that entry).

A name (chiefly in North American usage) for the class of merchandise comprising textile fabrics and related things; articles of drapery, mercery, and haberdashery (as opposed to groceries).

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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods

merceryc1300

mercery ware1377

haberdasha1529

small ware1567

tailory1610

dry goods1657

woollen-drapery1688

soft goods1798

wallflower1804

linendrapery1849

hog round1910

1657 J. Alrichs Let. 25 May in Pennsylvania Arch. (1877) V. 285 Some of the dry goods, entirely scattered about, were wet and injured by the quantity of water in the ship.

1708 Deplorable State of New-Eng. iii. 18 Mr. John Nelson..sent unto Port-Royal, one Hog's-Head of Dry Goods.

1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 71 With the dry goods, which they purchase in London, they traffick in the neighbouring colonies.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 3 And raised the price of dry goods and tobaccos.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 187 There were in New-Haven..41 stores of dry goods.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Mar. 6/4 Fire..worked havoc in the $40,000 stock of groceries, drygoods, shoes and general stock carried by Messrs. Malpass & Wilson.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 31 Sellers and buyers of produce, hardware, dry goods and what-not.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as dry-goods business, dry-goods dealer, dry-goods shop, dry-goods store, etc.

ΚΠ

1806 M. L. Weems Lett. II. 334 If you can make by the Dry Good commerce 2, or 3000$ per an...I really think you ought to embrace the offer.

1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 275 At length we spelt this precious piece of lore, Pat Dougherty's Hotel and Drygood Store.

1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 65 Fellow-passenger, a Boston dry-goods dealer, travelling to collect bills.

1860 S. Mordecai Virginia iv. 58 The first specimen in Richmond of the Broadway style of dry goods palaces.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 153 What we should call a dry-goods store, or, according to the English phrase, a mercer's and haberdasher's shop.

1904 T. Watson Bethany (1920) 6 Bethany had a dry-goods store.

C2.

dry-ˈgoodsman n. a person who sells dry goods.

ΚΠ

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 3 A number of New York and Boston dry-goods men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dry goods
释义	dry goodsn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., good n. Etymology: < dry adj. + the plural of good n. (compare sense 10 at that entry). A name (chiefly in North American usage) for the class of merchandise comprising textile fabrics and related things; articles of drapery, mercery, and haberdashery (as opposed to groceries). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods merceryc1300 mercery ware1377 haberdasha1529 small ware1567 tailory1610 dry goods1657 woollen-drapery1688 soft goods1798 wallflower1804 linendrapery1849 hog round1910 1657 J. Alrichs Let. 25 May in Pennsylvania Arch. (1877) V. 285 Some of the dry goods, entirely scattered about, were wet and injured by the quantity of water in the ship. 1708 Deplorable State of New-Eng. iii. 18 Mr. John Nelson..sent unto Port-Royal, one Hog's-Head of Dry Goods. 1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 71 With the dry goods, which they purchase in London, they traffick in the neighbouring colonies. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 3 And raised the price of dry goods and tobaccos. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 187 There were in New-Haven..41 stores of dry goods. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Mar. 6/4 Fire..worked havoc in the $40,000 stock of groceries, drygoods, shoes and general stock carried by Messrs. Malpass & Wilson. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 31 Sellers and buyers of produce, hardware, dry goods and what-not. Compounds C1. General attributive, as dry-goods business, dry-goods dealer, dry-goods shop, dry-goods store, etc. ΚΠ 1806 M. L. Weems Lett. II. 334 If you can make by the Dry Good commerce 2, or 3000$ per an...I really think you ought to embrace the offer. 1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 275 At length we spelt this precious piece of lore, Pat Dougherty's Hotel and Drygood Store. 1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 65 Fellow-passenger, a Boston dry-goods dealer, travelling to collect bills. 1860 S. Mordecai Virginia iv. 58 The first specimen in Richmond of the Broadway style of dry goods palaces. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 153 What we should call a dry-goods store, or, according to the English phrase, a mercer's and haberdasher's shop. 1904 T. Watson Bethany (1920) 6 Bethany had a dry-goods store. C2. dry-ˈgoodsman n. a person who sells dry goods. ΚΠ 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 3 A number of New York and Boston dry-goods men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1657
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