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Definition of wish book in English: wish booknoun North American informal A mail-order catalogue. Example sentencesExamples - During Thanksgiving, November 1993, I was perusing every pilot's favorite wish book, Trade-A-Plane, when I spotted an ad for a 60 percent restored Firefly!
- I mentioned Herters and I suspect that is a name foreign to many of you, but in my youth their catalog was the wish book for all things outdoors.
- Mailed wish books let Americans shop beyond their needs
- Every Friday I check in to see if there's something new and cheap - to add to an ever-growing collection of home and garden magazines, otherwise known a ‘wish books‘.
- For this and other extraordinarily desirable gear, go to my favorite wish book, the Duluth Trading Co. catalog.
Synonyms brochure, prospectus, guide, magalogue, mailer Definition of wish book in US English: wish booknoun North American informal A mail-order catalog. Example sentencesExamples - I mentioned Herters and I suspect that is a name foreign to many of you, but in my youth their catalog was the wish book for all things outdoors.
- Mailed wish books let Americans shop beyond their needs
- For this and other extraordinarily desirable gear, go to my favorite wish book, the Duluth Trading Co. catalog.
- During Thanksgiving, November 1993, I was perusing every pilot's favorite wish book, Trade-A-Plane, when I spotted an ad for a 60 percent restored Firefly!
- Every Friday I check in to see if there's something new and cheap - to add to an ever-growing collection of home and garden magazines, otherwise known a ‘wish books‘.
Synonyms brochure, prospectus, guide, magalogue, mailer |