dry goods
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plural noun
textile fabrics and related merchandise, as distinguished from groceries, hardware, etc.
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Origin of dry goods
First recorded in 1695–1705
Words nearby dry goods
dry fog, dry-footing, dry freeze, dry gangrene, Drygas, dry goods, dry-gulch, dry hole, Dry Ice, drying, drying oil
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