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stockāinātrade
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stockāinātrade
(noun)
stockāinātrade
/ĖstÉĖkÉn
Ė
treÉŖd/
noun
stockāinātrade
/ĖstÉĖkÉn
Ė
treÉŖd/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of STOCKāINāTRADE
[
noncount
]
:
something that someone or something does or makes very well and often
Ballads were her
stock-in-trade
.
Sitcoms are the
stock-in-trade
of the major networks.
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