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Definition: BY WHOLESALE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. In the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: BY WHOLESALE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. In the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: BY WHOLESALE

ExpressionsDefinition
By wholesaleIn the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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