Woolworth

[ wool-wurth ]

/ ˈwʊlˌwɜrθ /

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noun

Frank Win·field

[win-feeld], /ˈwɪnˌfild/, 1852–1919, U.S. merchant.

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Words nearby Woolworth

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How to use Woolworth in a sentence

There were secretaries who would take their lunch break at Woolworth’s to watch him because he was so good-looking.
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Two years later, he was demonstrating products at a Woolworth’s store, sometimes clearing as much as $1,000 a week.
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There were these Japanese yo-yo experts who used to do exhibitions at the Woolworth.
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The lights were turned up again, and a souvenir book of the Woolworth building was found on the table.
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He seized the keys and called central in the Woolworth tower.
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I thought for a moment that the Woolworth tower had crawled into bed with me.
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Occasionally, a faulty valve lets go, and the sleeper dreams he is falling from the Woolworth Tower.
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You havent been able to reach a single man among the wireless operators of the Woolworth tower?
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Woolworth

/ (ˈwʊlwəθ) /

noun

Frank Winfield (ˈwɪnˌfiːld). 1852–1919, US merchant; founder of an international chain of department stores selling inexpensive goods

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