thrift shop

noun

: a shop that sells secondhand articles and especially clothes and is often run for charitable purposes

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But for decades, fine china has been in decline, with fancy sets lining the shelves of thrift shops and languishing at estate sales. —

Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 One of the most fun ways to spend a wintery afternoon with friends is digging through thrift shops. —

Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025 Nubby quilts warm up the bedrooms, a sultry Soane fabric dresses up a thrift shop–found sofa, and an original soapstone sink rough up the new mudroom. —

Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2025 Room, board and group therapy are free, in exchange for which residents work at the many businesses the academy runs, including thrift shops, a construction company and a moving and storage business. —

Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for thrift shop