piece goods

American  

plural noun

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

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piece goods British  

plural noun

1. Also called: yard goods.  goods, esp fabrics, made in standard widths and lengths

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Etymology

Origin of piece goods

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

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piece goods

April imports of piece goods were reported as 165,000,000 yd. as against 215,000,000 yd. for April 1929.

From Time Magazine Archive

Severely affected were Japanese mills which used to export large quantities of cheap piece goods to India.

From Time Magazine Archive

They drained off food supplies, created inflation by "military yen," adjusted exports to Japan of food and war supplies in exchange for paper, piece goods and children's toys.

From Time Magazine Archive

This depression Mr. Knickerbocker dramatized thus: in 1913 exports of British cotton piece goods exceeded seven billion square yards; last year they were less than two and one-half billion square yards!

From Time Magazine Archive

Fixing her mouth like saying prune, she just went on studying the piece goods.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns