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
“If one is on the ground, in a junk shop or a bar … if somebody sees one in the wrong place, they can call me.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2019
Indeed, the dining hall looked more like a junk shop now, with all the items stacked in piles—there were Bunsen burners, dirty socks, tinned herring, a box of salt....
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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