What is "drygoods"

Usage examples of "drygoods".

It was his idea that I was at a loose end, and that he would do me a good turn by offering me a clerkship in a drygoods store.

As they walked along, Nelson began to distinguish details and take note of the store windows, jammed with every kind of equipment -- hardware, drygoods, chicken feed, liquor.

We, why we ist eat out of our hands or off a old drygoods box, and when we fix up a lot, we have newspaper.