Montgomery Ward
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Montgomery Ward — idiom
1. a major American department-store and mail-order catalog company that operated f
1.idiom
Definition
a major American department-store and mail-order catalog company that operated from 1872 to 2001, named after its founder Aaron Montgomery Ward; also used to refer to the company's famous catalog, which was a household staple for rural families across the United States.
Example
My grandmother still remembers ordering winter coats from the Montgomery Ward catalog when she was a child.
Owen found an old Montgomery Ward receipt inside the walls while renovating his 1920s farmhouse.
Before Amazon, families in small towns relied on Sears and Montgomery Ward for goods they could not buy locally.