thrift

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The band made their live debut at a house party on Valentine's Day 1977, decorating the walls with Barbie dolls and dressing in thrift store wigs.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

My grandma loves shopping a bit too much, but she shops at thrift stores, so their shopping and entertainment expenses remain low.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Somewhere between page 39 and the fluorescent lights of that thrift store, I realized what I actually wanted to make wasn’t a better “unfried chicken.”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Kimberly Guthrie, chair of the fashion design and merchandising department at Virginia Commonwealth University, says she and her students have noticed a substantial decline in quality of clothing at thrift stores.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Half an hour later, she caught a glimpse of him, out on the patio, dressed as a devil in a red blazer from the thrift store and a pair of devil horns.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng