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dead stock

British  

noun

  1. farm equipment Compare livestock

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The website for the Billie Eilish store says “all merchandise clothing uses residual dead stock from prior productions, organic or recycled polyester or cotton.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024

Grasso uses a mix of fibers — mohair, merino wool, cotton, silk, recycled fibers and dead stock acrylic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

After launching mostly with home textiles and making a splash with outerwear constructed out of blankets, Rave Review is now adding dead stock to their materials.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

High-end designers began to discuss the joys of upcycling and using their own dead stock.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2021

We pass daily great numbers of dead stock at the camping grounds, in the sloughs, and in the river.

From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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