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/land"aw'fis, -of'is/a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.[1830-40, Amer.]
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land-office business
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land-office business — {n.}, {informal} A great rush of business. * /It was a hot day, and the drive ins were doing a land office business in ice cream and cold drinks./ … Dictionary of American idioms
land-office business — {n.}, {informal} A great rush of business. * /It was a hot day, and the drive ins were doing a land office business in ice cream and cold drinks./ … Dictionary of American idioms
land-office business — ☆ land office business [land′ôf΄is ] n. [with ref. to Western U.S. land offices in the 19th c.] Informal a booming business … English World dictionary
land-office business — land ,office ,business noun singular AMERICAN INFORMAL a business activity, especially trade, that is very successful … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
land office business — n. a large amount of business done in a short period of time. □ We always do a land office business at this time of year. □ We keep going. Never do land office business just enough to make out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
land-office business — noun very large and profitable volume of commercial activity • Hypernyms: ↑business * * * noun : extensive and rapid business : rush of sales or transactions travel agencies had done a land office business Time * * * /land aw fis, of is/ a lively … Useful english dictionary
land-office business — noun Date: 1839 extensive and rapid business < money changers…did a land office business on payday F. J. Haskin > … New Collegiate Dictionary
land-office\ business — noun informal A great rush of business. It was a hot day, and the drive ins were doing a land office business in ice cream and cold drinks … Словарь американских идиом
land-office business — land′ of fice busi′ness n. a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business • Etymology: 1830–40, amer … From formal English to slang
do a land-office business — ► US to be very successful in doing business: »Cruise ships sailing from North American ports did a land office business with more departures from more domestic ports than ever before. Main Entry: ↑land office … Financial and business terms
