house furnishings
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of house furnishings
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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He quoted figures: house furnishings were up 23% above 1945; clothing up 24%; food up 31%; wholesale prices were even higher all along the line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clothing had risen 101.6%; food, 96.1%; house furnishings, 78%; fuel 19.5%.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a year, food costs in large cities had risen 31%, clothing was up 18%, house furnishings 17%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today, Textron is integrated from raw yarn to finished product; it covers the field of house furnishings and clothing, employs its own designers, chooses its own retail outlets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taste in house furnishings or in clothes or in selecting a cook, is as nothing compared to taste in people!
From Etiquette by Emily Post
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