merchantable

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He found 5,000,000 feet of burned but merchantable timber lying on 400 acres around it.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Chicago newsman, he became poet laureate of the P. F. Volland greeting card company, where he composed hundreds of merchantable verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its quality, owing to frost damage, is not quite so good, and the merchantable quantity is estimated at 79.4% compared with 85% in 1922.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the $15 billion merchantable goods, about one-half will be sold where it stands, across the oceans.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are magnificent forests of fir, spruce, cedar, and hemlock, in all directions, while in and around Astoria there are six immense establishments for transforming the timber into merchantable lumber.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison