house furnishings
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of house furnishings
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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.
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Then she gave up, sold the house furnishings for $383, packed her trunk and moved in with Helen and George.
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Today, Textron is integrated from raw yarn to finished product; it covers the field of house furnishings and clothing, employs its own designers, chooses its own retail outlets.
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Metals and metal products remained unchanged at 130; building materials at 169; and house furnishings at 171.
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For house furnishings must be changed every nineteen years.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham
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