mail-order house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mail-order house
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Chicago's Spiegel Inc.. the No. 3 U.S. mail-order house, has 4,000 do-it-yourself products.
From Time Magazine Archive
The business is the Air Service Command, the department store, garage, and mail-order house of the Army Air Forces.
From Time Magazine Archive
The New York mail-order house Musical Heritage Society is already embarked on a similar project.
From Time Magazine Archive
They own a chain of 43 stores, patterned after Woolworth's, a big mail-order house and sit as directors on at least 22 companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
These outlines were sent to the mail-order house, and they sent you shoes to fit the brown wrapping-paper feet.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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