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DRY GOODS MERCHANT [1 record]

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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
DEF

(a typical country dry goods merchant, the kind of man that is the backbone of the purchasing power of the smaller communities, a man with a good financial standing and so on. (Neill, Hansard 1930, sept. 20, 19 p. 526)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
OBS

Marchand rural, marchand de campagne rendrait peut-être mieux l'idée ici, car il n'y a plus guère de marchands drapiers dans nos campagnes aujourd'hui.

Spanish

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