thrift shop
noun
: a shop that sells secondhand articles and especially clothes and is often run for charitable purposes
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Participants still run a pet center, but also work at a farmyard with cows, goats and other animals, a restaurant and bakery, a country store, a thrift shop, and Lambs Industries, which offers production services, such as assembling, sorting or packaging products.
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Estate sales, thrift shops, online marketplaces, and discount stores can be sources of hidden gems at bargain prices.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2025
Consider this your checklist when shopping at Grandma’s house or the local thrift shop.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Maybe some plates and cutlery could go to a thrift shop, and some furniture.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Estate sales, thrift shops, online marketplaces, and discount stores can be sources of hidden gems at bargain prices.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2025
Consider this your checklist when shopping at Grandma’s house or the local thrift shop.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Maybe some plates and cutlery could go to a thrift shop, and some furniture.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for thrift shop
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrift%20shop. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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