bargain counter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bargain counter
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Seats for the opening week were selling like bargain counter goods and there was not one to be had for love or money for opening night.
From Time Magazine Archive
America's biggest bargain counter closed down last week; the War Assets Administration officially expired.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I do not believe in shopping for security at the bargain counter," he snorted.
From Time Magazine Archive
In most retailing, however, the bargain counter is blacked-out for the duration; the ceiling price has become the selling price.
From Time Magazine Archive
Laws may be evaded, and too often are; tags betraying that goods are "tenement made" may be removed, and they make no appeal anyhow to a community deaf to the arraignment of the bargain counter.
From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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