| 单词 | land-office business |
| 释义 | land-office business[ land-aw-fis, -of-is ] / ˈlændˌɔ fɪs, -ˌɒf ɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR land-office business ON THESAURUS.COM nouna lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business. Origin of land-office businessAn Americanism dating back to 1830–40 Words nearby land-office businesslandmine, Lando, Land of Beulah, Land of Enchantment, land office, land-office business, land of milk and honey, land of Nod, Land of Opportunity, Land of Oz, Land of Promise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for land-office businessland-office business nounUS and Canadian informal a booming or thriving business Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with land-office businessland-office business A thriving, expanding, or very profitable concern or volume of trade. For example, After the storm they did a land-office business in snow shovels and rock salt. This term, dating from the 1830s, alludes to the throng of applicants to government land offices through which Western lands were sold. It has been used for other booming business since the mid-1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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