general store

Noun

Meaning

a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise

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I went to a general store. They wouldn't let me buy anything specifically. Steven Wright

When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing. Dinah Shore

I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. Ann Kirkpatrick

Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely. Padma Lakshmi

A bushfire near Nowa Nowa general store in East Gippsland. Source: Internet

Centerville was started by George Lloyd who started selling cold beer to stage passengers from a tent in 1850. citation Capt. George Bond set up a general store and the name Centerville was chosen. Source: Internet

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