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Woolworth

[ wool-wurth ]

noun

  1. Frank Win·field [win, -feeld], 1852–1919, U.S. merchant.


Woolworth

/ ˈwʊlwəθ /

noun

  1. WoolworthFrank Winfield18521919MUSBUSINESS: merchant Frank Winfield (ˈwɪnˌfiːld). 1852–1919, US merchant; founder of an international chain of department stores selling inexpensive goods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The historic Woolworth building in North Park has been sitting vacant on a prime piece of real estate along University Avenue for years, despite the city of San Diego’s attempts to renovate it.

Two years later, he was demonstrating products at a Woolworth’s store, sometimes clearing as much as $1,000 a week.

There were secretaries who would take their lunch break at Woolworth’s to watch him because he was so good-looking.

There were these Japanese yo-yo experts who used to do exhibitions at the Woolworth.

The lights were turned up again, and a souvenir book of the Woolworth building was found on the table.

He seized the keys and called central in the Woolworth tower.

I thought for a moment that the Woolworth tower had crawled into bed with me.

Occasionally, a faulty valve lets go, and the sleeper dreams he is falling from the Woolworth Tower.

You havent been able to reach a single man among the wireless operators of the Woolworth tower?

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