dry goods
plural noun
1
: grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid
2
: textiles, ready-to-wear clothing, and notions as distinguished especially from hardware and groceries
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Before buying Shillito’s, Macy’s was R.H. Macy & Co., a dry goods store in New York City.
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Emily Steinberger, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Free food: Receive dry goods and fresh produce at this walk-up distribution offered by Feeding San Diego at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
The three-time Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter was also named after his paternal grandfather, who once operated a dry goods store on Third Street in Downtown Cincinnati, according to an Enquirer article from 1982.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
By contrast, the new system forces Gazans to walk long distances to reach isolated, heavily guarded sites where boxes of dry goods are left on trestle tables.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
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Emily Steinberger, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Free food: Receive dry goods and fresh produce at this walk-up distribution offered by Feeding San Diego at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
The three-time Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter was also named after his paternal grandfather, who once operated a dry goods store on Third Street in Downtown Cincinnati, according to an Enquirer article from 1982.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
By contrast, the new system forces Gazans to walk long distances to reach isolated, heavily guarded sites where boxes of dry goods are left on trestle tables.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
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“Dry goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20goods. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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dry goods
plural noun
: cloth goods (as fabrics, lace, and ribbon)
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