thrift shop
Example Sentences
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Several weeks ago, on an unseasonably warm winter afternoon in Chicago, I found myself in the second — or possibly third — thrift shop of the day.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Now the Quarter Store in town is a thrift shop run by volunteers where everything costs a quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
They also offer a closet-sorting service, which involves coming to a person's home and sorting through unwanted clothing, to rescue items fit for sale at their pop-up thrift shop.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
Her husband decamped with his stuff and she donated other items that triggered unwelcome emotions to a thrift shop.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
She had bought a short white dress at a Goodwill thrift shop and paid twelve dollars to dry-clean it.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
