bargain-counter
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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
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
Everywhere, hundred-dollar handbags were stacked in bargain-counter disarray.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You can't take the contracts of a bargain-counter to regulate the things of the spirit, Mr. Senator."
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
The Court missionary thought that a position could probably be obtained for her as scrum-half at a West End bargain-counter.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 by Various
