Word: brassil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crop was short because floods during the last three months had drowned some 4,000,000 sheep, disrupted transport of the clip to the market. When Auctioneer J. L. Brassil asked for bids on a lot of grease wool (i.e., raw wool) that would have brought 91? a Ib. only two months ago, a Frenchman quickly offered $1.12, lost out to a Briton who got it for $1.32. Said Auctioneer Brassil: "Never did I dream of such prices . . ." The average: 94?, v. 60? last season...