thrift shop
See also: thriftshop
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
thrift shop (plural thrift shops)
- (US) A shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
- 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Some thrift shops, glutted with flimsy, synthetic wares, have stopped accepting fast-fashion donations.
Synonyms edit
- op shop, oppie (Australia, New Zealand)
- second-hand shop, second-hand store
- thrift store, thriftstore
Hyponyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
shop which sells used goods
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Further reading edit
- “thrift shop”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “thrift shop”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “thrift shop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “thrift shop”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.