ordinary stock
noun
British. common stock.
Origin of ordinary stock
1First recorded in 1865–70
Words Nearby ordinary stock
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How to use ordinary stock in a sentence
This method of letting-in the knuckle flush is a useful one for box work because the ordinary stock brass butt hinge can be used.
Woodwork Joints | William FairhamPreferred stock is stock which is guaranteed certain advantages over ordinary stock.
Up To Date Business | VariousWe found that he had left dates, wheat, and a little olive-oil and mutton-fat—the ordinary stock of all families in Fezzan.
This impressive story, which is as remote as possible in style from the ordinary stock incident, is probably authentic.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran | AnonymousWider flat frames of any thickness can, of course, be cut out from the ordinary stock.
The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration | Charles Franklin Warner
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