fancy goods
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Once upon a time, Tiffany was the name of a person: Charles Lewis Tiffany, who, along with John B. Young, opened a “stationery and fancy goods store” on Broadway in 1837.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2019
It’s not just the fancy goods that they want, as some see it, but also the connection to modern life that such things represent.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2016
Both, as it happens, were attributes prized by Charles Lewis Tiffany, who helped found a store that sold stationery and fancy goods in 1837 with a $1,000 grubstake from his father.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2015
The stories he tells are Dickens's fancy goods, picked up while he tramped the streets.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2013
Course, even if the complexion was true, you wouldn't put her down as one of this spring's hatch; but for a broad, heavy weight girl she was the fancy goods.
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford
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