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Word: outsold (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...because Robert Dunlap, liberal, kindly, used frequently to suspend production in Dunlap shops while he bought beer for the men and ice cream for the women, or because of a secret process by which Hatter Dunlap succeeded in turning out the blackest derbies ever known, the Dunlap hat eventually outsold the Knox in Manhattan. For many a year small hat-makers held up their spring lines until they could see and imitate the Dunlap derby and the Knox felt. As for Knox-Dunlap competition, both the Knox and the Dunlap businesses declined with the age and retirement of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Hats & Hatters | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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