Definition of "general store" [general store]

• A retail store, usually located in a rural community, that sells a wide variety of merchandise but is not divided into departments. (noun)

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• "Timothy was an egg farmer and Pierette ran the general store in the village."
• "Open since last fall, Court Street Grocers feels like a small-town general store teleported to the gentrifying fringe of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn."
• "There is no garbage pickup, our old stove won't fit in tin 'now hole, and the general store has never heard of Oregano."