variety store

variety store
A shop where many small and inexpensive items can be bought.

the enduring old variety store that sells out-of-town newspapers, warm unshelled peanuts, and dirty magazines for queers as well as straights.


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  • Variety store — a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a {five and ten}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • variety store — UK US noun [C] US COMMERCE ► a store that sells many different things at low prices: »In Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, variety stores and conventional self service outlets are experiencing a decline in growth …   Financial and business terms

  • variety store — ☆ variety store n. a retail store that sells a wide variety of relatively small and inexpensive items …   English World dictionary

  • variety store — index market (business) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Variety store — 100 Emon at Kohnoike Higashi Osaka City Dollar store redirects here. For Cuban shops that exchange solely in hard currency, see Dollar store (Cuba). Big N redirects here. For the Japanese corporation, see Nintendo. 99 cents store redirects here.… …   Wikipedia

  • variety store — noun also variety shop : a retail establishment dealing in a large variety of merchandise especially of low unit value compare five and ten, general store * * * noun, pl ⋯ stores [count] US : a store that sells many different kinds of products… …   Useful english dictionary

  • variety store — {n.} A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use. * /I went into a variety store and bought some paint./ * /Five and ten cent stores are a kind of variety store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • variety store — {n.} A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use. * /I went into a variety store and bought some paint./ * /Five and ten cent stores are a kind of variety store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • variety\ store — noun A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use. I went into a variety store and bought some paint. Five and ten cent stores are a kind of variety store …   Словарь американских идиом

  • variety store — Synonyms and related words: boutique, chain store, co op, concession, cooperative, countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five and ten, general store, house, magasin,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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