consignment store
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Aptly named, the Gold Mine, a second-hand consignment store that funds the community library, might turn up a YSL coat or a Moncler sweater for peanuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
But once in Miami, he visited Flight Club, an upscale sneaker consignment store.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022
Last year, the online consignment store ThredUp received more clothing than any other year since its founding in 2009, with many of those items coming from fast-fashion retailers, the company said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022
I found it for $50 at an online designer consignment store while on hold with the hospital; a nurse was checking on the results of my bone marrow biopsy.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2021
The downsides of a growth spurt means that my mom insists on buying clothes that are two sizes too big for me when she’s at the consignment store.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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