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
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
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Historical Examples of 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.
DestinyCharles Neville Buck
After all, what could this country-store clerk know of the Avenue?
Love StoriesMary Roberts Rinehart
Coming 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 PyreneesEdwin Asa Dix
The threshold of the door was elevated, country-store fashion, six or seven inches above the sidewalk.
Laramie Holds the RangeFrank H. Spearman