Dry Goods (in merchandise),
such as cloths, stuffs, silks, laces, and drapery in general, as opposed to groceries.
such as cloths, stuffs, silks, laces, and drapery in general, as opposed to groceries.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.