mail-order house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mail-order house
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Her Postal Market Italiana is the country's first and largest mail-order house.
From Time Magazine Archive
To his collection of 2,600 retail stores in Britain, Canada and South Africa, Sir Isaac has lately added the biggest mail-order house in The Netherlands.
From Time Magazine Archive
While Penney minded the store, his company was dickering to buy Aldens, Inc., a Chicago-based mail-order house and discount chain with 1960 sales of $126 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he got out of the Army in 1946, Seymour Waldman, 25, had no particular relish for his old job as a letter writer in a Chicago mail-order house.
From Time Magazine Archive
These outlines were sent to the mail-order house, and they sent you shoes to fit the brown wrapping-paper feet.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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