piece goods
Example Sentences
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In 1941, when piece goods were scarce, Kahn took a chance on Manchester.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cotton spinning of individual Gandhi followers was said to be seriously affecting the British cotton piece goods trade � In Japan, cotton mills were curtailing production.
From Time Magazine Archive
April imports of piece goods were reported as 165,000,000 yd. as against 215,000,000 yd. for April 1929.
From Time Magazine Archive
They drained off food supplies, created inflation by "military yen," adjusted exports to Japan of food and war supplies in exchange for paper, piece goods and children's toys.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had once gone to the ladies’ room in the morning and been found by Mr. Gonzalez late that afternoon asleep on a pile of piece goods in the factory loft.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
