bargain counter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bargain counter
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Julie, who met Charles-Hubert at a bargain counter where "their hands clasped over a pair of socks at a reduced price," is a kind of Clausewitz of the cash register.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I do not believe in shopping for security at the bargain counter," he snorted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Yet I don't think you should get out of stocks; when the market puts shares on the bargain counter, logic dictates that you should buy, not sell.
From Time Magazine Archive
During all this time a middle-aged woman had been sitting on a stool beside the bargain counter.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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