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fancy goods
plural noun
- small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
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Once upon a time, Tiffany was the name of a person: Charles Lewis Tiffany, who, along with John B. Young, opened a “stationery and fancy goods store” on Broadway in 1837.
From New York Times
Tiffany’s roots date to 1837, when it started selling stationery and “fancy goods” in Manhattan.
From New York Times
It’s not just the fancy goods that they want, as some see it, but also the connection to modern life that such things represent.
From Washington Post
Both, as it happens, were attributes prized by Charles Lewis Tiffany, who helped found a store that sold stationery and fancy goods in 1837 with a $1,000 grubstake from his father.
From New York Times
The stories he tells are Dickens's fancy goods, picked up while he tramped the streets.
From BBC
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