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Woolworth   /wˈʊlwˌərθ/   Listen
Woolworth

noun
1.
United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919).  Synonym: Frank Winfield Woolworth.





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"Woolworth" Quotes from Famous Books



... was nearly frightened out of my hammock by awakening and gazing into the malevolent eye of my high-powered, twin-six wrist watch. I thought for a moment that the Woolworth tower had crawled into bed with me. It gave me such a start. I must get used to my wrist watch—also wearing a handkerchief up my sleeve. I feel like the sweet ...
— Biltmore Oswald - The Diary of a Hapless Recruit • J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
... bourgeois to impulses of escapade and foray. What should we do? At first we had some thought of showing to Endymion the delightful subterranean passage that leads from the cathedral grottoes of the Woolworth Building to the City Hall subway station, but we decided we could not bear to leave the sunlight. So we chose a path at random and found ourselves at the corner of Beekman ...
— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley


Words linked to "Woolworth" :   Frank Winfield Woolworth, man of affairs, businessman


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