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

You may end up buying your vases at a thrift store or online, but wholesale accessory stores like Moskatels at the Original Los Angeles Flower Market and GM Floral Co., which covers the second floor of the Southern California Flower Market as well as a much smaller space at the original market, can provide inspiration too.

From Los Angeles Times

In many ways, entering a thrift store, shopping secondhand online or even borrowing clothing from a friend is like engaging with one massive lost-and-found bin.

From Los Angeles Times

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