Woolworth

[wool-wurth]

noun

1. Frank Winfield 1852–1919, U.S. merchant.

Woolworth

/ ˈwʊlwəθ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

The 1964 Civil Rights Act forbade discrimination in public spaces, like Woolworth counters, while connecting this to hiring freedom from discrimination by establishing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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She named it after her grandfather, Frank Winfield Woolworth, the founder of the Woolworth shopping chain.

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"Her answer was a single word: Woolworths," he says.

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Many of those shops are former Woolworths or Wilko branches, which it hoovered up after the two brands collapsed.

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Coles said it would defend itself against the allegations, while Woolworths said it would review the claims.

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