dollar store

[dol-er stawr]

noun

1. a retail store that carries a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise, some of it priced at one dollar or less.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dollar store¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

When his students need lunch, their only options are the dollar store across the street or a gas station down the block.

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Daiso is like a Japanese dollar store, but that is not doing it justice.

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I recently purchased a 2025 calendar from the local dollar store.

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In recent weeks, they spent their nights behind a Family Dollar store dumpster.

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Baldanza was proud of the cheapo transformation, calling his airline the “dollar store of the sky.”

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