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stock-in-trade

noun

the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.

resources or abilities peculiar to an individual or group or employed for a specific purpose: A feeling for language should be part of the stock in trade of any writer.

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Origin:
1660–70

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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stock-in-trade
noun
any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation; "friendliness is the salesman's stock in trade"

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