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general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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During the height of Wisconsin’s lumber industry, piers would be a business and community center, often housing their own general store and lumber mill.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
At a general store in New Jersey, near the epicenter of the earthquake, the sound was so loud that the staff thought a truck had crashed into the building.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
No Name Pub got its start in 1931 as a general store and bait and tackle shop.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
The campground information booth, near the general store, is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Thursday, April 13, through Sunday, April 16.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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