country store
noun
a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
Origin of country store
1An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Words Nearby country store
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How to use country store in a sentence
Cut to two elderly men in rocking chairs on the porch of a country store.
My Front Row Seat in the Nation's Strangest Swing State | Jim Neal | October 30, 2008 | THE DAILY BEASTHe would find his way to the country store to while away another day in useless conference with his neighbors.
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. FieldFor perhaps ten minutes the two men talked the dull aimless commonplaces of the country store.
The White Shield | Myrtle ReedThere was never yet a country store without cheese and crackers.
The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail | Margaret VandercookHe felt that there was something to live for besides taking in dimes over the counter of a country store.
Mary Ware's Promised Land | Annie Fellows Johnston
Here he went to school, was clerk in a country store, and was employed in the first cotton factory built in that State.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. Mowry
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