piece goods

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plural noun

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

Nearby words

pie-faced, piebald, piebaldness, piece, piece by piece, piece goods, piece of ass, piece of business, piece of cake, piece of change, piece of eight

Origin of piece goods

First recorded in 1655–65

Also called yard goods.

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Examples from the Web for piece goods

The imports are European piece-goods, hardware of all sorts and spices.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various
They deal generally in hardware, piece-goods and drugs, and are very keen traders.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
The purchase by these bills they entirely divert from raw silk, and order to be laid out wholly in piece-goods.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
It means sixty crores of rupees annually paid by us for piece-goods.
The Wheel of Fortune|Mahatma Gandhi

The importation of cotton and piece-goods into ancient Greece and Rome was therefore comparatively inconsiderable.
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary|Henry Lee

British Dictionary definitions for piece goods

piece goods

pl n

goods, esp fabrics, made in standard widths and lengthsAlso called: yard goods

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