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Wanamaker

noun

United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922). Synonym: John Wanamaker.

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"Wanamaker" Quotes from Famous Books

... roles—occasional private rehearsals, and so on. Oh, the beast!... He gave the part to another girl (her voice did not compare with mine) who was less particular, and she made her debut the next season. I went to work at Wanamaker's store!" ...

— Possessed • Cleveland Moffett

... They stopped at Wanamaker's. Susan was about to pay, when Mary stopped her. "If you pay," said she, "maybe you'll get your money back from the house, and maybe you won't. If I pay, they'll not make a kick on ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... John Wanamaker can pay $100,000 for a picture, which he did some years ago, and hang it on the walls of his mansion home, but you go out in the country in the springtime, get up in the early morning while the cattle are still sleeping in the barnyard and the birds silent in the trees, watch ...

— Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures • George W. Bain

Words linked to "Wanamaker" : businessman, man of affairs