junk shop
Britishnoun
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a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
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derogatory a shop selling antiques
Example Sentences
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“I even found a pair of glasses in a junk shop that were identical to the ones he wore,” Mr. Lerner said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2023
He sometimes wore a military medal awarded for bravery that he’d bought in a junk shop.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
He bought it at a junk shop in the proletarian district, a junk shop that will become very important, and he starts writing on it.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
I’ve long been fascinated by the Tom Phillips project A Humument, which began in 1966 when he bought an obscure Victorian novel for threepence in a junk shop and began painting on the pages.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
The junk shop was still there; the stores were all the same.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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