During Thanksgiving, November 1993, I was perusing every pilot's favorite wish book, Trade-A-Plane, when I spotted an ad for a 60 percent restored Firefly!
I mentioned Herters and I suspect that is a name foreign to many of you, but in my youth their catalog was the wish book for all things outdoors.
Mailed wish books let Americans shop beyond their needs
Every Friday I check in to see if there's something new and cheap - to add to an ever-growing collection of home and garden magazines, otherwise known a ‘wish books‘.
For this and other extraordinarily desirable gear, go to my favorite wish book, the Duluth Trading Co. catalog.
Synonyms
brochure, prospectus, guide, magalogue, mailer
Definition of wish book in US English:
wish book
noun
North American informal
A mail-order catalog.
〈北美，非正式〉邮购目录书
Example sentencesExamples
I mentioned Herters and I suspect that is a name foreign to many of you, but in my youth their catalog was the wish book for all things outdoors.
Mailed wish books let Americans shop beyond their needs
For this and other extraordinarily desirable gear, go to my favorite wish book, the Duluth Trading Co. catalog.
During Thanksgiving, November 1993, I was perusing every pilot's favorite wish book, Trade-A-Plane, when I spotted an ad for a 60 percent restored Firefly!
Every Friday I check in to see if there's something new and cheap - to add to an ever-growing collection of home and garden magazines, otherwise known a ‘wish books‘.