JOBBING-HOUSE
\d͡ʒˈɒbɪŋhˈa͡ʊs], \dʒˈɒbɪŋhˈaʊs], \dʒ_ˈɒ_b_ɪ_ŋ_h_ˈaʊ_s]\
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[Amer.] A mercantile establishment, which purchases from importers and sells to retailers.-Bartlett's Americanisms.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).