bargain-counter
Example Sentences
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Close behind them came a bargain-counter rush in medieval halberds and maces, paneled Tudor interiors, stained-glass windows, Louis XIV chairs, a heterogeneous collection of like knickknacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bargain-counter symphony was the idea of Nicholas Johnston, a wealthy photographer whose portraits of the carriage trade fetch the fanciest prices in northern California.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everywhere, hundred-dollar handbags were stacked in bargain-counter disarray.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter.
From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin
When she saw that Mrs. Cregan was not going to speak, she looked up at the girl with a bargain-counter keenness.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various
