op shop
op shop noun: a shop, usually operated by a charity, to which new or used goods are donated, for sale at a low price.
Noun
op shop (plural op shops)
- A shop, usually operated by a charity, to which new or used goods are donated, for sale at a low price.
- The Lutherans, who have an Op Shop not far from ours, made friendly comparisons with the kind and quality of the goods. They had to get in through our Op Shop to the lower vestry and as they passed looked at our shelves and said ‘Amazing what people bring in’ and ‘We get quite a few of them too’.2001, Gwen Harwood, John Harwood, G. C. Kratzmann, editors, A Steady Storm of Correspondence: Selected Letters of Gwen Harwood, 1943-1995, page 446
- The Red Cross Op-Shop was the best. It didn′t have that op shop smell, even, and for once there were young people working there. Not that I′m against old ladies in op shops, but I think it′s pretty cool to walk into an op shop where the radio is tuned to FM and there′s an essential-oil burner on...2005, Catherine Bateson, Millie And the Night Heron, page 21
- Synonyms:
- charity shop, thrift shop, thrift store, opportunity shop, oppie
Examples of op shop in a sentence
- It didn′t have that op shop smell, even, and for once there were young people working there.2005, Catherine Bateson, Millie And the Night Heron, page 21:
- I was in the op shop with Dad because we needed something to make me look like a pineapple for the school concert, which was about the five food groups.2006, Sofie Laguna, Bird and Sugar Boy, unnumbered page:
Synonyms of op shop
Forms of op shop
| plural | op shops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | op-shop |
Origin of op shop
From contraction of opportunity + shop.
Questions about op shop
- What does op shop mean?
- Op shop means a shop, usually operated by a charity, to which new or used goods are donated, for sale at a low price.
- How do you use op shop in a sentence?
- It didn′t have that op shop smell, even, and for once there were young people working there.
- What part of speech is op shop?
- Op shop is a noun.
- What is the plural of op shop?
- The plural of op shop is op shops.
Words near op shop in the dictionary
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