dollar store

[ dol-er stawr ]

noun

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

Origin of dollar store

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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The fact that dollar stores, which are largely located outside of major metros and cater to low-income people, now offer delivery reflects how widespread and accessible the service has become in the US.
Even dollar stores are offering delivery now | Michelle Cheng | December 3, 2021 | Quartz
That afternoon, Letecia asked Harley Hunt, her 17-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, to pick up baking soda, trash bags, and carpet cleaner at a nearby dollar store.
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Booming business at dollar stores shows the widening gulf between haves and have-nots during pandemicStress and uncertainty are starting to hurt the economic recovery.
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People would see those pictures and order her trees, and then only receive dollar store flotsam.
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Then FBI agents came to the dollar store where he worked and asked him to come downtown.
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We realized we had forgotten towels so we stopped at a dollar store and grabbed a few.
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I doubt that dollar-store MBA-speak will lead to real solutions, but Holub's rhetoric is right.
If Only Wal-Mart Ran My College | Zac Bissonnette | January 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
These were to be stocked with women and wine, and some new features were also to be added, such as a museum and dollar store.
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