second-hand store
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- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd hænd stɔr/
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tienda de segunda mano
- I shop at Goodwill, Salvation Army, garage sales, and second-hand stores.
- clothes from a second-hand store
- shopped at the second-hand store
The best example of me finding a jacket and in a second hand store called Aardvarks on Melrose, it was a snakeskin jacket.
- The best example of me finding a jacket and in a second hand store called Aardvarks on Melrose, it was a snakeskin jacket.
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In the end, we made a little extra cash and saved ourselves a trip to the second-hand store.
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Finally, I found a table in a second-hand store.
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I love to go "treasure" hunting at second-hand stores.
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Don't they make you want to hit the second-hand stores to see what treasures you might find?
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So, for all those who only need the utilitarian function of the hat, the local second-hand store has things even cheaper than Walmart, and many are even new with store tags still on them.
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This is much easier to achieve than the super-polished Hollywood style, and Chung has made no secret of the fact that she gets lots of her clothes from vintage and second-hand stores.
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I found a beautiful jacket at a second-hand store for a fraction of the original price.
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She enjoys shopping for unique items at a second-hand store instead of buying new.
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Last week, I bought an old record player from a second-hand store that still works great.
Synonyms
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A shop that sells used clothes and furniture cheaply
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An outdoor market where people sell used things like clothes or furniture
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A shop that sells cheap used things, often with little value
A shop that sells used clothes and items cheaply to raise money for charity
A shop that buys used items or lends money and keeps items until you pay back
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
second-hand + store
The meaning 'a shop that sells used goods' is compositionally derived from 'second-hand' (previously owned) plus 'store' (shop). This formation is conceptually transparent and mirrors common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. 'segunda mano', 'seconde main'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun second-hand store comes from a simple image: an item has already been owned by one person and is now in its second-hand life being sold by a store. So a second-hand store is a shop that sells items someone else used, which is why it means 'a shop that sells used goods at lower prices'.