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land-office business

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land-of·fice business (lndôfs, -fs)
n.
A thriving, extensive, or rapidly moving volume of trade.

land-office business
n
US and Canadian informal a booming or thriving business
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Noun1.land-office business - very large and profitable volume of commercial activity
business - the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"


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