"Showcase" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... large showcase containing specimens of the steel traps in which "these beautiful silver foxes" are caught, and in which they remain till "collected," would give added interest to the collection at 180 ...
— The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 - The Independent Health Magazine • Various
... quintal of codfish, to a pound of nails. On one side, as you entered, were ranges of shelves, protected by a counter, on which were exposed rolls of flannels of divers colors, and calico and broadcloth, and other "dry goods," while a showcase on the counter contained combs, and tooth-brushes, and soaps, and perfumery, and a variety of other small articles. The back of the store was used as a receptacle for hogsheads of molasses, and puncheons of rum and wine, and barrels of whisky and sugar. Overhead and on ...
— The Lost Hunter - A Tale of Early Times • John Turvill Adams
... the street. Beyond it, the main entrance—a double swinging door. Farther back, another window. The bar runs from left to right nearly the whole length of the rear wall. In back of the bar, a small showcase displaying a few bottles of case goods, for which there is evidently little call. The remainder of the rear space in front of the large mirrors is occupied by half-barrels of cheap whiskey of the ...
— Anna Christie • Eugene O'Neill
... with a cry of joy. For there, he saw, still stood near the back of the shop a showcase from within which he caught a sheen of ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England |
