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dry goods † 
clothing, yard goods, etc.
- 1765 Hunter & M'Fie . . . imported a Parcel of Dry Goods, agreeable to this market, last Fall; such as road-cloths, Velvets, Plushes, Thicksets.
- 1876 . . . it will sooner or later get broken, if used for the conveyance . . . such for instance as "dry goods," meaning trans-Atlantically drapery, hosiery and clothing in general, or what is called by packers, "Jews freight."
- 1959 Ellen was impressed by the number of unpainted and false-front stores offering all sorts of hardware and dry goods.
- 1765 Hunter & M'Fie . . . imported a Parcel of Dry Goods, agreeable to this market, last Fall; such as road-cloths, Velvets, Plushes, Thicksets.