junk shop
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2.1
- noun
- /dʒʌŋk ʃɑp/
- UK
:
tienda de segunda mano
- She loves visiting the junk shop to see what interesting items she can discover.
- found at a junk shop
- local junk shop
Examples
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I found a beautiful vase at the local junk shop for only five dollars.
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He found an old upright piano at a junk shop on Coney Island Beach and convinced someone at the restaurant to help him move it up the stairs.
Fiction book (1998) -
I bought it from a junk shop.
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I would really love to just have a nice, little junk shop.
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Daddy had bought it at some junk shop when we moved to New Orleans.
Fiction book (1990) -
I found it in a junk shop in Toronto and I knew you'd love it!
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She had found two identical end tables at the junk shop around the corner.
Fiction book (1994) -
So when BB needed to run to the closest little town for more adhesive or silicone or whatever it was, I went with him and we made a stop at the local junk shop.
Blog text (15) -
It had taken him a few weeks to get it cleaned up, painted, and made reasonably habitable; then he had scoured the local junk shops and tag sales looking for furniture.
Fiction book (1996) -
The junk shop is filled with old toys and furniture that people no longer want.
Synonyms
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2.8
A shop that sells used clothes and furniture cheaply
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2.4
A shop that sells used things at low prices
A shop that sells used clothes and items cheaply to raise money for charity
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'junk' (discarded or worthless objects) with 'shop' (a place that sells goods). This noun+noun composition is a straightforward, compositional pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun junk shop comes from the picture of a small shop full of junk, with old, cheap things piled together that many people see as useless. So, it means 'a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods', and people often search there for hidden treasures among the mess.