country store
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of country store
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Example Sentences
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Located just outside Abadiânia, an agricultural town about 60 miles from Brasília, Route 60 is family diner, truck stop and country store rolled into one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
After leaving Congress, Mr. Souder ran the family’s longtime country store business in Grabill.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022
In Gelman’s imagination, the Six Bells serves as the country store and inn to a small village called Barrow’s Green.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2022
She returned to find her country store in Napa standing but much of the surrounding neighborhood, including the mobile home park where Ritz lived, was burned, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2020
We drank Pepsi out of these old-fashioned bottles that Dad had found at some ancient country store, and I swear they tasted better than the regular kind.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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