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piece goods

plural noun

  1. goods, especially fabrics, sold at retail by linear measure.


piece goods

plural noun

  1. goods, esp fabrics, made in standard widths and lengths Also calledyard goods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piece goods1

First recorded in 1655–65
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Example Sentences

Cotton piece goods, already instanced in this regard, if grouped as first class in the West, second class less fifteen per cent.

The greater part of the cotton is made up into piece-goods for making garments and padding the native winter clothes.

Besides, mineral oil stains from the machinery of the weaving-shed are of common occurrence in piece goods.

Enormous orders for cotton piece-goods and other British manufactures were placed in England on the basis of a 2s.

An effort was made some years back to resuscitate the industry by the offer of a Government bonus upon manufactured piece goods.

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