roll out, roll in
roll v Ih [sic] those days, so we have been told by our grandfathers, the principle of the supply trade, was "roll out in the spring and roll in in the fall"; in other words, the merchant gave the fisherman all his household supplies, and took all his fish and oil in return. In a good year...
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| Summary: | roll v Ih [sic] those days, so we have been told by our grandfathers, the principle of the supply trade, was "roll out in the spring and roll in in the fall"; in other words, the merchant gave the fisherman all his household supplies, and took all his fish and oil in return. In a good year the merchant made a fortune, in a bad year he hovered over the edge of bankruptcy. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 14 1965 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I The last sentence of the quote does not appear in the dictionary. |
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