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thriftshop

thriftshop is the alternative form 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

Forms of thriftshop

pluralthriftshops

Questions about thriftshop

What is thriftshop the alternative form of?
Thriftshop is the alternative form of thrift shop.

Words near thriftshop in the dictionary

  1. thriftless
  2. thriftlessly
  3. thriftlessness
  4. thriftly
  5. thrifts
  6. thriftshop
  7. thriftshops
  8. thriftster
  9. thriftsters
  10. thriftstore
  11. thriftstores

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