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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Detail) - Allowance for doubtful accounts [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Beginning balance	$ 393	$ 357
Provision for bad debts	(27)	28
Net write-offs, net of recoveries		3
Ending balance	$ 366	$ 388

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- Definition

Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, charged to costs and expenses, net of adjustment.

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, representing receivables written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries.

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Amount of valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690

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