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Definition of Scattergoods
1. scattergood [n] - See also: scattergood
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Literary usage of Scattergoods
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1. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"Of the scattergoods of London. BUB. Good Master Scattergood. STAINES. Come,
gentlemen, here's dice. SCAT. Please you, advance to the table / BUB. ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"Well, if it isn't from the scattergoods at Bolong, that lived by us when Mr. ...
They were nice people, the scattergoods were, but lived over their means. ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed (1780)
"No, indeed, fir, of the scattergoods of Hampshire. Bubble. Good Matter Scattergood.
Come, gentlemen, here's dice. ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"No, indeed, sir, of the scattergoods of Hampshire. Bubble. Good Master Scattergood.
Staines. Come, gentlemen, here's dice. Scattergood. ..."
5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley, Richard Morris (1875)
"W. RASH. Excellent acquaintance! they shall be the Gemini, BUB. Shall I desire
your name, sir. SCAT. Master Scattergood. BUB. Of the scattergoods of London. ..."
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