thrift store

[ thrift stawr ]

noun

1. a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrift store¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Amy: I want to believe that this child’s jacket that I found at a thrift store is lucky.

From Los Angeles Times

This rings true for Quiquivix, who grew up in a suburb of Pomona and works as a manager of a thrift store by day.

From Los Angeles Times

Shawn Younker, incarcerated in Pennsylvania, writes, “We might as well be rummaging the dusty old leftovers in some thrift store or back alley dumpster.”

From Slate

“I wouldn’t mind buying a pair of shoes secondhand or at a thrift store,” Calvo said.

From Los Angeles Times

Growing up, he saw his mother clean houses and work at a thrift store before she started working at health clinics.

From Los Angeles Times