Wares
[wɛəz]
Definition
(n. pl.) See 4th Ware.
Typist: Susan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Goods, commodities, merchandise, movables.
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Examples
- Mr. Skeggs, with his palmetto on and his cigar in his mouth, walks around to put farewell touches on his wares. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was no market for his wares, and after months of actual destitution he pawned the model of his sewing-machine and even his patent papers in order to secure funds to pay his passage home. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With those engaged on night duty he got midnight lunch from an old Irishman called the Cake Man, who appeared regularly with his wares at 12 midnight. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When manufacturers treat their wares to as little burnishing as possible, practically relying upon the buff alone for their finish after plating, the result is most unsatisfactory. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When they had felt the mattress, the young woman asked the old man seated on a stool among his wares, how much it was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She and Birkin went unwillingly down the narrow aisle between the rusty wares. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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