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

What Japan wants to sell is Japanese cotton piece goods, Manchurian soya beans and such.

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

Japan, during Depression, secured virtually the whole of Ethiopia's import business in cotton piece goods, while Italians were supplying Haile Selassie with a powerful radio station at cut rates.

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