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trade

/tɹeɪd/ adjective C2
  1. Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality.
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He was very well known to the customs officers of the coast; and as there was between these worthies and himself a perpetual battle of wits, he had at first thought that Dantès might be an emissary of these industrious guardians of rights and duties, who perhaps employed this ingenious means of learning some of the secrets of his trade.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 234 · C1
“‘Danger is part of my trade,’ I remarked.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 109 · B2
That is my trade."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
“May I ask, my lad,” I said, in the blandest voice, “what your trade may be?”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 22 · B2

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