单词 | Woollies |
释义 | Woollies|ˈwʊlɪz| Also Wooleys, Woolies, Woollys. colloq. name for a shop bearing the name of F. W. Woolworth PLC (cf. Woolworth); occas. used for the company itself.
1939Airman's Gaz. Dec., At Woollies store they congregate For powders, creams and lotions. 1957R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy v. 120 Popular shops (with ‘Wooley's’—Woolworth's—a clear favourite with working-class people). 1962Guardian 24 Dec. 4/2 Some of them are shoplifting: not Woollies combs, but watches and rings. 1971Daily Tel. 16 July 17 ‘Woolies’ says that profits for the first half included a surplus of {pstlg}261,000 on property sales. 1980J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. ii. 33 It's a good one. Not one of your Woollie's specials at a tanner a throw. |

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