carriage trade
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“All the hotels in L.A. are just a little tired,” said the New Yorker, who was once described by Architectural Digest as “a leading architect for the carriage trade, and the architect for fashion brands.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2020
He called the horse carriage trade a “humane industry that is well regulated by New York City’s Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Consumer Affairs.”
From Time • Apr. 19, 2014
Tennie referred contemptuously to the hypocrisy of Madame Restell’s carriage trade.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014
He transformed Riggs from a traditional deposit-and-loan institution into a niche asset manager and private banker to the carriage trade.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2012
The successful organization of Robert's carriage trade trust had knocked in the head any further thought on his part of taking an interest in the small Indiana wagon manufactory.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Dreiser, Theodore
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