variety store

English

Noun

variety store (plural variety stores)

1. (US) A shop where many small and inexpensive items can be bought.

   Synonyms: (US) dollar store, (US) dime store, (US) five-and-dime, (US) ten-cent store, (UK) pound shop, (AU, NZ) $2 shop

   • 1981, John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich:

     […] the enduring old variety store that sells out-of-town newspapers, warm unshelled peanuts, and dirty magazines for queers as well as straights.

Translations

store selling inexpensive items

• Finnish: halpakauppa (fi)
• German: Billigwarenhaus n, Schnäppchenladen m, Schnäppchenmarkt m, Ramschladen m
• Portuguese: loja de 1,99 (Brazil), loja dos trezentos (Portugal), loja do chinês (Portugal), loja do indiano (Portugal)