单词 | birmingham goods |
释义 | > as lemmasBirmingham goods b. Designating (esp. cheap, mass-produced) hardware, jewellery, or other metalwork manufactured in or associated with Birmingham, as Birmingham goods, Birmingham ware, etc. ΚΠ 1720 M. Clare Youth's Introd. Trade & Business 42 Spring Door Locks with hinges 19 at 4:3 each..Birmingham Brass Locks 30 at 7:6. 1721 London Jrnl. 25 Nov. 5/1 (advt.) Several Parcels of Birmingham Wares and Toys of divers sorts, are to be disposed of. 1744 Gen. Advertiser 30 June Sundry London, Sheffield, and Birmingham Goods, consisting of several Thousand Dozen of Buckles, Buttons, Razors.., Snuff-Boxes, [etc.]. 1837 E. Saunders Advice on Care of Teeth 90 An experiment has been lately made of manufacturing preparations..in a sort of wholesale way, at a cheap rate, like Birmingham jewellery. 1885 Brit. Trade Jrnl. Jan. 33/1 Among the latest novelties in Birmingham goods are a bracelet to retail for one penny. 1906 McClure's Mag. Oct. 641/1 They had..purchased ‘curios’—Indian silks, Javanese knives, Birmingham metalwork, and what not. 1939 Financial Times 11 July 8/4 The delegates [from Sweden] expressed their anxiety to buy Birmingham goods. 2012 A. Burton & J. Tann M. Boulton iii. 23 The family mercantile business..continued for the sale of Birmingham wares. < as lemmas |
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