单词 | just as good |
释义 | > as lemmasjust as good (as) P9. just as good (as): (in commercial transactions) used to designate a recommended substitute for a patent medicine, other branded article, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1892 N.-Y. Evangelist 17 Mar. 7/4 (advt.) When you ask your druggist for Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil, if he is honest, he will not try to sell you something ‘just as good’. 1900 Southern Planter June 356 The farmer..knows what it is to buy a ‘just as good’ plow that wears in soft spots and will not scour; a ‘just as good’ corn-planter that drops anywhere from nothing to a dozen grains in a hill; [etc.]. 1908 Life 2 Jan. 10/1 When I would buy a cake of soap that's suited to my mind I much resent the man who keeps the ‘just-as-good-as’ kind. 1920 J. A. De Haas Business Organization & Admin. 320 There is always a great temptation on the part of middlemen to substitute just-as-good articles. 1922 Manch. Guardian 31 July 6/4 The modern trick of finding substitutes for many of the necessaries and luxuries of life and labelling these ‘just as good’. 1955 Pittsburgh Courier 14 May a10 Resist sales pressure to sell you an item said to be ‘just as good’ and ‘much cheaper’ than the popular make which attracted you. < as lemmas |
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