land-of|fice business

land-of|fice business
land-of|fice business «LAND F ihs, -OF-»,
U.S. Informal. exceedingly active or rapid business: »

By day the tomb is thronged with parents and children, and wagons selling…soft drinks were doing a land-office business (Saturday Review).


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