house furnishings
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of house furnishings
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The month brought slight rises in rental and fuel costs, but they were offset by price cuts in clothing, house furnishings and automobiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Metals and metal products remained unchanged at 130; building materials at 169; and house furnishings at 171.
From Time Magazine Archive
He quoted figures: house furnishings were up 23% above 1945; clothing up 24%; food up 31%; wholesale prices were even higher all along the line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Total figures above do not include damage to sea walls, docks, bridges, highways, floating equipment, crops, farming machinery, house furnishings, personal property and the like.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geography.—The study of materials for food, clothing, and house furnishings brings before the mind our commercial relations with foreign countries and the occupations of their inhabitants.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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