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
The New York mail-order house Musical Heritage Society is already embarked on a similar project.
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
FBI agents checked the gun and its serial number, traced it to the Chicago mail-order house and found the order slip.
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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