noun
Meaning 1
Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- 1655, Richard Sibbes, A Learned Commentary or Exposition upon the First Chapter of the Second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians, London: Thomas Manton, Commentary on verse 1, p. 9, An hypocrite never cares for that, all his care is for the outward parts, he is sale-work; so his carriage be acceptable to others, all his care is taken, he lives to the view, therefore he looks not to the substance, and the truth, but to the shadow and appearance.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided