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variety store

–noun
a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, esp. low-priced articles.

Origin:
1760–70, Americanism
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variety store  
n.  A retail store that carries a large variety of usually inexpensive merchandise.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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variety store

A retail shop that carries a large selection of usually inexpensive merchandise, as in What this town needs is a good variety store. [Second half of 1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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