variety store

Related to variety store: five-and-dime

variety store

A shop that sells a myriad of different items, especially those that are relatively inexpensive. I used to love weird little variety stores like this when I was a kid—there was always something interesting I could find.

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]

See also: store, variety

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

See also:

variety shop
stogies
cheap and cheerful
cheap and nasty
bargain-bin
bin
poor but clean
stogy
not break the bank
factory farming

References in periodicals archive

Bishoff entered Tweedo's Variety Store, 3 Dunn Road, about 12:30 p.m.

Man arrested after bragging about robbery

Between 1967 and 1986, the number of persons working in the variety store industry decreased by 18.0 percent, .

Variety stores experience shifting trend in productivity

Kresge Co., a Detroit-based company with about 800 variety stores, opened its first Kmart store in March of 1962 in Garden City, Mich.

At 50, Walmart stands at the top of the retail game

Person was shot in the back of the head and in the body several times in a parking lot near the variety store after locking up Wednesday night, and died of his wounds two days later.

Slain clerk recalled at vigil

He said police believe the two men were involved in a prior incident outside the variety store at 128 Fairmount St.

FROM THE REGION

Moore, based on nothing more than a report she had robbed a variety store. The amount we later learned was $177.

What's full story in this shooting?

Kmart had begun to de-emphasize the variety store format back in the early 1960s, when it realized the greater growth potential offered by its discount stores.

Kmart sells variety store assets

NORTHBORO - Police think the same two men who robbed the Honey Farms on July 8 also robbed Helen's Variety Store at 292 Main St., Tuesday night.

Police thinks men staged two similar armed robberies

-- Dollar Tree Stores Inc.'s outlets are the modern heirs to the variety store concept pioneered by F.W.

Dollar Tree a 'natural' for Sasser

The space would be ideal for a discounter, variety store, home furnishing/accessories outlet, and/or apparel retailer"

Robert K. Futterman & Associates

7, a masked man entered Ray's Variety store on River Street about 7 p.m.

Police see links between holdup and earlier ones; Five similar armed robberies probed

Gilbert Wednesday and charged them with robbing JV's Package & Variety Store on Monday and South Street Variety store on Wednesday.

REGIONAL DIGEST

In response to her feelings, Walton passed on the department store and opted instead to buy a variety store in Newport, Ark, which had a population of 7,000.

Helen didn't want to live in a big city. (Geographic Expansion)

yesterday at South Street Variety store, 288 South St.

Police investigate rash of armed robberies

Walton got into the variety store business in the fall of 1945.

An innovator from the start. (Geographic Expansion)

词组	variety store
释义	variety store Related to variety store: five-and-dime variety store A shop that sells a myriad of different items, especially those that are relatively inexpensive. I used to love weird little variety stores like this when I was a kid—there was always something interesting I could find. See also: store, variety Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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] See also: store, variety The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: variety shop stogies cheap and cheerful cheap and nasty bargain-bin bin poor but clean stogy not break the bank factory farming References in periodicals archive Bishoff entered Tweedo's Variety Store, 3 Dunn Road, about 12:30 p.m. Man arrested after bragging about robbery Between 1967 and 1986, the number of persons working in the variety store industry decreased by 18.0 percent, . Variety stores experience shifting trend in productivity Kresge Co., a Detroit-based company with about 800 variety stores, opened its first Kmart store in March of 1962 in Garden City, Mich. At 50, Walmart stands at the top of the retail game Person was shot in the back of the head and in the body several times in a parking lot near the variety store after locking up Wednesday night, and died of his wounds two days later. Slain clerk recalled at vigil He said police believe the two men were involved in a prior incident outside the variety store at 128 Fairmount St. FROM THE REGION Moore, based on nothing more than a report she had robbed a variety store. The amount we later learned was $177. What's full story in this shooting? Kmart had begun to de-emphasize the variety store format back in the early 1960s, when it realized the greater growth potential offered by its discount stores. Kmart sells variety store assets NORTHBORO - Police think the same two men who robbed the Honey Farms on July 8 also robbed Helen's Variety Store at 292 Main St., Tuesday night. Police thinks men staged two similar armed robberies -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc.'s outlets are the modern heirs to the variety store concept pioneered by F.W. Dollar Tree a 'natural' for Sasser The space would be ideal for a discounter, variety store, home furnishing/accessories outlet, and/or apparel retailer" Robert K. Futterman & Associates 7, a masked man entered Ray's Variety store on River Street about 7 p.m. Police see links between holdup and earlier ones; Five similar armed robberies probed Gilbert Wednesday and charged them with robbing JV's Package & Variety Store on Monday and South Street Variety store on Wednesday. REGIONAL DIGEST In response to her feelings, Walton passed on the department store and opted instead to buy a variety store in Newport, Ark, which had a population of 7,000. Helen didn't want to live in a big city. (Geographic Expansion) yesterday at South Street Variety store, 288 South St. Police investigate rash of armed robberies Walton got into the variety store business in the fall of 1945. An innovator from the start. (Geographic Expansion)
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