|
|
Definition of Land-office business
1. Noun. Very large and profitable volume of commercial activity.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Land-office Business
Literary usage of Land-office business
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Land Office business. At a time when the land offices were fully occupied, ...
1882 [The Company] once did a land office business in ore-crushing. ..."
2. Public Land Laws Passed by Congress from April 1, 1882, to January 1, 1890 by Henry Norris Copp, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of Justice (1890)
"You also state that you have instructed local officers that all land office
business should be attended to at the land office, and nowhere else, ..."
3. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1908)
"Jones and I were doing a land office business in State indemnity lands, until
trouble arose between us, and we dissolved partnership. ..."
4. The Story of Agriculture in the United States by Albert Hart Sanford (1916)
"From the active buying that followed such occasions has come the common
expression, "land office business." There were laws that prohibited settlers from ..."
5. Federal Finances: Or, The Income of the United States by William E. Burke (1891)
"... given rise to the expression, " A land-office business;" and when applied to
any enterprise or business affair, the force of the comparison is apparent. ..."
6. The Bay of San Francisco: The Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its by Lewis Publishing Company (1892)
"Indian troubles coming on in that section, land-office business became slack,
and General Pratt was appointed by Governor Stanford First Lieutenant and ..."
7. World's Congress of Bankers and Financiers: Comprising Addresses Upon (1893)
"... (whence it may be supposed comes the familiar term " a land office business "),
had such a want of confidence in the Shawneetown and Edwardsville banks. ..."
Other Resources:
