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  • Kyūbei, nicknamed Wankyū, is the son of a wealthy Ōsaka drygoods dealer.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Professor Andrew Fraser, who had, on his part, located these same long mourned Hebrews in Thibet, ignoring the fact that they are really dispersed in the United States of America as "eaters of other men's hard-made 'honey'" in the "drygoods," clothing, and "shent per shent" line.

    A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Richard Savage 1874

  • I started a drygoods store on Market Square, and I prospered well.

    Chennai 2010

  • One example is the woman in the line to buy drygoods in a certain department store.

    Dignified Speech 2007

  • One example is the woman in the line to buy drygoods in a certain department store.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Let's just bear in mind, however, that, unlike those who devote themselves to dentistry or, say, the drygoods business, journalism is a true calling.

    Cable Neuhaus: Journalism Schools Can't Hurt, But Can They Really Help? 2008

  • Next is a human interest sketch about a local shopkeeper trying to keep his drygoods dry while a customer dropped in, hoping to buy some cigarettes from him: Robert Buras, whose family has owned the business at Royal and St. Anne for 41 years, smiled.

    Louisiana's Depleted National Guard Beach Blogger 2005

  • Next is a human interest sketch about a local shopkeeper trying to keep his drygoods dry while a customer dropped in, hoping to buy some cigarettes from him: Robert Buras, whose family has owned the business at Royal and St. Anne for 41 years, smiled.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Beach Blogger 2005

  • Not long after he had returned from the European trip he stopped one afternoon in the one exclusive drygoods store in State Street to purchase a tie.

    The Titan 2004

  • There was empty drygoods boxes under the awnings, and loafers roosting on them all day long, whittling them with their Barlow knives; and chawing tobacco, and gaping and yawning and stretching — a mighty ornery lot.

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

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