country store
noun
a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
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Origin of country store
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Words nearby country store
country rock, countryseat, countryside, Countryside Agency, country singer, country store, countrywide, countrywoman, countship, count to ten, county
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Example sentences from the Web for country store
Next he withdrew the book of verses and after that the country-store note-book with its dog-eared and age-yellowed pages.
Destiny|Charles Neville BuckAfter all, what could this country-store clerk know of the Avenue?
Love Stories|Mary Roberts RinehartComing out again upon the street, we stray down into one of the shops,—a shop local and naïve, a veritable French country-store.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees|Edwin Asa DixThe threshold of the door was elevated, country-store fashion, six or seven inches above the sidewalk.
Laramie Holds the Range|Frank H. Spearman