land-office business

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Almost since the label was founded in 2008 it has done land-office business.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2014

Jesse Jones's war-damage insurance corporation last week did a land-office business.

From Time Magazine Archive

While wags had a field day with the cables, R. C. A. offices reported a land-office business.

From Time Magazine Archive

But investigators are still doing a land-office business.

From Time Magazine Archive

For days, department stores, electrical appliance stores, the Sherman Clay piano store, even the jewelry store Weisfield & Goldberg had been doing a land-office business selling new Philco 61F Olympic Special cabinet radios.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown