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Definition of "thrift shop" []

  • A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thrift shop" in a sentence
  • "Bordering it were a thrift shop sofa and two aluminum folding chairs."
  • "He put on the suit she had admired, Savile Row, bought from a thrift shop in Strathbane, and drove over to Cnothan and up to Patricia’s cottage."
  • "The back room was sruff'y and dim and furnished with thrift shop remnants."
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