bargain bin

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noun

a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices

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Words nearby bargain bin

barf bag, barfly, bargain, bargain away, bargain basement, bargain bin, bargain counter, bargain for, bargaining agent, bargaining chip, bargaining level

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How to use bargain bin in a sentence

You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.
Final Chapter for Accused Africa Bomber|Jamie Dettmer|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Fellow SEAL Matt Bissonnette also claims to have shot bin Laden.
Exclusive: Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Under Investigation for Leaking Secrets|Shane Harris|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet I had serious trouble understanding how to cheer on the news of Bin Laden or anyone else dying.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Clearly the liberation of Gross took place in the context of what might be called a “grand bargain.”
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work|Christopher Dickey|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Keen and canny, they drive a close bargain but, scrupulous and conscientious, fulfil it faithfully.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He would haggle in a bargain for a shilling, and economize in things beneath a wise man's notice or consideration.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He told Horner you'd bin shot resistin' arrest, an' wanted t' see her afore yuh cashed in.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The Midland were anxious to buy and the Ennis were willing to sell, but Parliament alone could legalise the bargain.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow