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Definition of Carlots
1. carlot [n] - See also: carlot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carlots
Literary usage of Carlots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marketing and Farm Credits: Proceedings (1917)
"We have a constant supply at the auction. 2. They come in carlots. 3. They are
well graded, well packed and in uniform packages. 4. ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"... station with carlots of experimental steers of various grades and ages: the
new beef cattle building; the Shorthorn herd bull, Merry Hampton, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"For smaller shippers, who cannot load in carlots, the railroads keep at all times
in season refrigerator cars on siding at each station in the peach ..."
4. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"We announced a public sale in carlots for February I, in 1905, at Tallula, 111.
Every one thought that I was crazy to ship cattle in mid-winter for public ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"To successfully handle peaches and plums in carlots, one must nowadays have a
supply of Ice in order to avail one-self of the beat service- of the ..."
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