Associations to the word «Woolworth»

Dictionary definition

WOOLWORTH, noun. United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats