drugstore

[druhg-stawr, -stohr]

drug·store

[druhg-stawr, -stohr]
noun
the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
Also, drug store.


Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; drug1 + store
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Drugstore is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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drugstore (ˈdrʌɡˌstɔː)
 
n
(US), (Canadian) a shop where medical prescriptions are made up and a wide variety of goods and sometimes light meals are sold

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