Selfridge

[ sel-frij ]

noun

1. Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.

Example Sentences

Selfridge was the American who shook up the world of retail — and London’s social starchiness — in 1909, with the founding of the great Oxford Street luxury store, Selfridges.

From Washington Post

Arcadia Group, whose other properties include high-street staples such as Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge, went into a form of bankruptcy protection on Monday following the reported failure of emergency financing talks.

From Fortune

All the others were for a verdict of mysterious butchery, but Selfridge insisted upon attributing the disaster to nitro-glycerine.

From Project Gutenberg

Selfridge was killed and Orville Wright was severely injured—it was the first fatal accident with a Wright machine.

From Project Gutenberg

It is said that Pickett gave the seal to Selfridge at about this time, first, however, having a duplicate made.

From Project Gutenberg

Also the passengers on the Baker Street stretch sang part-songs, all the way down to Selfridge's.

From Project Gutenberg

There was nothing to do but wire Selfridge Field to ship me another wing.

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