mail-order house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mail-order house
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Under Kircher, Singer acquired a host of companies, including a maker of navigation and guidance systems and a mail-order house.
From Time Magazine Archive
DM is also currently being sued by a watch company, a furniture mail-order house, a concocter of hair restorer and a bubble-bath maker.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beate Uhse, a 49-year-old blonde, has built a mail-order house and chain of supermarkets into one of the fastest-growing retail businesses in West Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had bought it from a Chicago mail-order house on March 20, along with a four-power telescopic sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the brown paper outlines didn’t tell the mail-order house how fat your feet were on the top.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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