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business
butter
BUY in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest
1595Fig for Momus
H2
Buy cheape, sell deare.
1862
Unto this Last
II.60
Buy in the cheapest market?—yes; but what made your market cheap?..Sell in the dearest?..But what made your market dear?
1880
Bunyan
vii.
‘To buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest’ was Mr. Badman's common rule in business …In Bunyan's opinion it was knavery in disguise.
buying and sellingYou BUY land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones
Cf.
1595
Pedler's Prophesy
B4
V
You shall be sure to haue good Ale, for that haue no bones.
1670
English Proverbs
211
He that buys land buys many stones; He that buys flesh buys many bones; He that buys eggs buys many shells, But he that buys good ale buys nothing else.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
172
He that buys Land, buys Stones; He that buys Beef, buys Bones; He that buys Nuts, buys shells; He that buys good Ale, buys nought else.
1970
Countryman
Autumn 172 Welsh butcher to customer complaining of bony meat: ‘Well, missus, you buy land, you buy stones; buy meat, you buy bones.’
buying and selling
;
property
1595
Pedler's Prophesy
B4
V
You shall be sure to haue good Ale, for that haue no bones.
1670English Proverbs
211
He that buys land buys many stones; He that buys flesh buys many bones; He that buys eggs buys many shells, But he that buys good ale buys nothing else.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
172
He that buys Land, buys Stones; He that buys Beef, buys Bones; He that buys Nuts, buys shells; He that buys good Ale, buys nought else.
1970
Countryman
Autumn 172 Welsh butcher to customer complaining of bony meat: ‘Well, missus, you buy land, you buy stones; buy meat, you buy bones.’
buying and selling;
property
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