dead stock
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
At Manescalchi, a linen purveyor favored by the Milanese haute bourgeoisie, Guadagnino found from dead stock a collection of pristine place mats and napkins with elaborately handworked fagoting details.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2018
It’s dead stock and it says Endless Sun on it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2017
A few miles from where we camped had a bad deep creek to cross, where we found plenty of dead stock.
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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