From: dangerous@telus.net   
      
   Actually I caught it on Who Wants to be a Millionaire (which i never watch)   
   and that was one of the questions and I knew the answer.....   
   Back from my small town days where the one store had everything in it...and   
   notions was sewing goods department.   
      
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   >> > I do it cause I can   
   >> > "Andrew Chaplin"  wrote in message   
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   >> >>> > What would you buy in the notions section of a department store?   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> Buttons and zip fasteners and stuff to sew into clothing.   
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   >> >> I just checked my Oxford Concise. Apparently "notions" are   
   >> >> "miscellaneous   
   >> >> small wares, esp. cheap useful ingenious articles or haberdashery."   
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   >> >I still say sewing goods......   
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   >> Specifically in the "old days" it was needle & thread so 5 points each :)   
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   > Do you have a citation? Where was the suggestion of other than current   
   > usage   
   > in the question?   
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