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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 19 Feb. 2020.
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The first known use of brick-and-mortar was in 1975
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