giftware

noun

giftware

noun

Etymology From gift + -ware.

1

Items designed to be bought as gifts

  • The sole witness was the president of the petitioner corporation, an "Importer and manufacturer of lamps, giftwares, and artwares."1954, United States Customs Court Reports: Cases Adjudged in the United States Customs Court, volume 32, page 510:
  • We owned a company called Black Is More Than Beautiful, a giftware company. We produced calendars and gift cards and things like that.1989 April 15, Chris Bull, Phill Wilson, “Having A Say In My Life”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

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