thrift shop
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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
And then someone took me to a thrift shop, and my life changed.”
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 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
One day she shows up in a new Chanel suit, bought at a thrift shop.
From Los Angeles 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
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