yard goods
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of yard goods
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Especially in geometric-patterned textiles, the artists wove the vivid colors and stripped-down forms of Postimpressionist, Cubist and Fauvist artworks into urbane, sophisticated yard goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Her mother sold yard goods and draperies at the Famous Barr department store.
From Time ● Sep. 8, 2016
Did Ross, doubling as her own clothes designer, require more yard goods and seamstresses to realize her visions?
From Time Magazine Archive
Artistically flinging yard goods around bathing-suited models, Gable achieved outstanding success by making Model Charlotte Hanker appear to be having just as much fun as he was.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man offered for sale silks and other yard goods, and he identified himself as “a brother from the East.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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