bargain counter

noun

a counter or area in a retail store where merchandise is sold at reduced prices.

Origin of bargain counter

First recorded in 1885–90

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Mr. McKenna found Mr. Dooley standing at the end of his bargain counter with the glasses on the tip of his nose.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen | Finley Peter Dunne
Then I should have to tell her the real reason: I didn't want to marry her or anybody else on such a bargain-counter basis.
The Woman-Haters | Joseph C. Lincoln
He would have put the soil on the bargain counter for you one day and shot you up the next.
Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone | G. Harvey Ralphson
The majority of mankind are as fond of getting their ideas as they do their household wares, at a bargain counter.
Talks on the study of literature. | Arlo Bates
And, say, talk about your mass plays around a shirtwaist bargain counter!
Torchy | Sewell Ford

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