wet goods

Public markets in Santa Rosa are often divided into two, the dry goods section and the wet goods section.

Central to its growth was the provisioning of the Royal Navy for what was termed "wet goods" (dairy products, salted and cured meats).

(The term "dry goods" originated with New England merchants whose main imports were bolts of cloth and rum, the latter referred to as "wet goods.")

It will go hard with the traffickers in this particular parcel of wet goods if they are apprehended, since the theft was directly from a government bonded warehouse, and all government officials concerned in the search are anxious to make an example of the guilty parties.'