land-office business

Example Sentences

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“It has the highest per capita consumption of ‘gourmet’ coffee beans … Now there are 35 Starbucks in the Seattle area that continue to do a land-office business.”

From Seattle Times

For days, department stores, electrical appliance stores, the Sherman Clay piano store, even the jewelry store Weisfield & Goldberg had been doing a land-office business selling new Philco 61F Olympic Special cabinet radios.

From Literature

Almost since the label was founded in 2008 it has done land-office business.

From New York Times

“They seem to be doing a land-office business,” observed Walter.

From Project Gutenberg

He even had letter heads and envelopes printed as though he might be doing a land-office business in purchasing such commodities.

From Project Gutenberg