dry good store
German translation: Kolonialwarenladen
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| 4 | Textiliengeschäft |
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| 4 | Kolonialwarenladen |
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| 4 | Kurzwarenladen |
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Textiliengeschäft Explanation: dry goods PLURAL NOUN: Textiles, clothing, and related articles of trade. Also called soft goods http://www.bartleby.com/61/49/D0404900.html Definition: \Dry" goods`\ A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. [U.S.] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2003-12-29 02:49:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- British English and American English dry goods store n : draper. http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/retort.cgi?American=dry goods st... A draper is a Textilgeschäft, Stoffladen. But it can also be a Bekleidungsgeschäft. Reference: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/dry+goods |
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Kolonialwarenladen Explanation: is as close as I can get to this; according, however, to the first google reference I tripped over, the American definition is not, as Kim suggests, a draper's or similar, but any, but ANY department store or shop which sells "non-livestock". Even aquarists describe water additive chemicals as "dry goods". I'll be back with some references in a minute.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs 43 mins (2003-12-29 09:13:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- www.passinternational.com/news/ViewNews.cfm?NewsID=29 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs 54 mins (2003-12-29 09:24:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Before everyone rushes to disagree, I don\'t think this is the right term myself; it is much more a multiple department store, although they do all sell drapery. HOWEVER: it should be borne in mind that \"DRY GOODS\" in BE usage relates to FOOD and NOT to clothing. See my first reference above. |
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David comes closest of the two... Explanation: Can't give the German, but a dry goods store was the forerunner of the modern department store. Think of any old West movie you have seen. The dry goods store was the one that sold everything. Dresses, hats, guns, grain, flour, candy, tools, etc. So, it was more than just a textile shop, but the 'one-stop shop' of a bygone era. |
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Kurzwarenladen Explanation: "The Golden Rule Stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous The entrepreneur J. C. Penney, starting with a small general merchandise store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 1902, built a multi-billion-dollar business empire on one simple principle: the golden rule. For years the Penney stores were called The Golden Rule Stores. And it was Mr. Penney’s faith in that principle of ethics—always treat a customer as he himself would want to be treated—that he made them grow and prosper...." (siehe erste Link) Mehr zur Geschichte von J.C. Penney: Siehe zweite Link... Reference: http://www.appleseeds.org/Jan_2000.htm Reference: http://www.jcpenney.net/company/history/jcpbio/bio2.htm |
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