land-office business
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Almost since the label was founded in 2008 it has done land-office business.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2014
Seven Beauties, Wertmuller's cauter izing comedy of survival and desperation during World War II, was greeted with critical bouquets and land-office business at its Manhattan opening.
From Time Magazine Archive
So many actresses were arriving in Philadelphia that anyone who noticed might have thought that some face lifter or take-it-off ranch was doing land-office business.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stores did a land-office business at $1 per pint.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
