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yard goods

noun as in fabric

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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.

Her mother sold yard goods and draperies at the Famous Barr department store.

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But the sober aura of funeral shrouds melds with the tactile pleasure of sumptuous yard goods.

“But who would marry that monster Yitzchak, who leaves his precious children outside like yard goods? Besides, the ribbons will look beautiful in your brown hair.”

The man offered for sale silks and other yard goods, and he identified himself as “a brother from the East.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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