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store-bought

[ stawr-bawt, stohr- ]
/ ˈstɔrˈbɔt, ˈstoʊr- /
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adjective Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
commercially made rather than homemade.
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Origin of store-bought

First recorded in 1900–05
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