dry-goods

The slop-chest is a sort of miniature dry-goods store which is carried by all sealing schooners and which is stocked with articles peculiar to the needs of the sailors.

Chapter 12 2010

In the covered bazaar, amid the most derelict of tea, spice, and dry-goods shops, their dusty jars filled with stale candy, I met more old men with beards and turbans, who spoke with nostalgia about the sultan of Oman, and how Gwadar had prospered under his rule.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

This bureau stood in the corner, and in the opposite corner, on the table's other flank, was the kitchen - the oil-stove on a dry-goods box, inside of which were dishes and cooking utensils, a shelf on the wall for provisions, and a bucket of water on the floor.

Chapter 23 2010

In the covered bazaar, amid the most derelict of tea, spice, and dry-goods shops, their dusty jars filled with stale candy, I met more old men with beards and turbans, who spoke with nostalgia about the sultan of Oman, and how Gwadar had prospered under his rule.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

In other places it was filled with air and emptiness, with here and there a piece of kindling-wood or dry-goods box, to aid in the making of the shell.

The House Beautiful 2010

He sees a dry-goods box standing against the fence.

The Other Animals 2010

In the covered bazaar, amid the most derelict of tea, spice, and dry-goods shops, their dusty jars filled with stale candy, I met more old men with beards and turbans, who spoke with nostalgia about the sultan of Oman, and how Gwadar had prospered under his rule.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

Around the turn of the 19th century, his great-grandfather owned a dry-goods store in Groton, South Dakota, where he and his eight brothers sold things like chicken feed and hand tools and, for $5 apiece, cashmere suits.

Ode to Handsome Darrell Hartman 2012

Named for the daughter of an immigrant dry-goods merchant, the Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center will occupy 11,000 square feet over three floors of a mixed-used building circa 1888.

New View Into Tenement Life Lana Bortolot 2011

In the covered bazaar, amid the most derelict of tea, spice, and dry-goods shops, their dusty jars filled with stale candy, I met more old men with beards and turbans, who spoke with nostalgia about the sultan of Oman, and how Gwadar had prospered under his rule.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009