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thrift shops

thrift shops is the plural of thrift shop.

Meaning of thrift shop

Noun

thrift shop (plural thrift shops)

  1. (Canada, US) A shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
    • Some thrift shops, glutted with flimsy, synthetic wares, have stopped accepting fast-fashion donations.2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic

Questions about thrift shops

What is thrift shops the plural of?
Thrift shops is the plural of thrift shop.

Words near thrift shops in the dictionary

  1. thrift
  2. thrift box
  3. thrift boxes
  4. thrift shop
  5. thrift shopping
  6. thrift shops
  7. thrift store
  8. thrift stores
  9. thrift-box
  10. thrift-boxes
  11. thrifted

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