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Synonyms for land-office business


Grammar : Noun
Spell : land-aw-fis, -of-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlændˌɔ fɪs, -ˌɒf ɪs



Définition of land-office business

  • As in : noun advantageous position for those selling
Example sentences :
  • Mollie did a land-office business, but she had no time to rest day or night.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • “They seem to be doing a land-office business,” observed Walter.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Girls in the Mountains » by Margaret Penrose
  • A publisher (p. 347)once confided to me that he was doing a "land-office business" selling "slightly damaged stock."
  • Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
  • The saloons were all doing a land-office business, with the holiday impending and the thermometer at 97.
  • Extract from : « The Air Trust » by George Allan England
  • We are now doing a land-office business, as the large number of my boarders, whom you see, will testify.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Furnace » by John H. Aughey
  • Saloons were doing a land-office business and gambling-houses coining money.
  • Extract from : « Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West » by William MacLeod Raine
  • We have done a land-office business in passports, and shall probably continue to turn them out by the dozen.
  • Extract from : « A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium » by Hugh Gibson
  • He even had letter heads and envelopes printed as though he might be doing a land-office business in purchasing such commodities.
  • Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail » by Silas K. Boone
  • I sold the tickets and put up the spiel on the front, and Merritt lectured inside and we did a land-office business.
  • Extract from : « Side Show Studies » by Francis Metcalfe
  • When the troubles of 1860-61 rose I was literally doing "a land-office business," with money galore and to spare.
  • Extract from : « Marse Henry (Vol. 1) » by Henry Watterson

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