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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Their next venture Scotsman General Store functions as both Ben’s furniture woodshop and a nostalgic, old-school general store.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Pick up picnic supplies at the on-site general store or dine at the casual tavern or more ambitious restaurant, YOVA, which features dishes like salmon and caviar and boar chops, complimented by an impressive wine list.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
The post office doubled as the town general store and during the season, the store merchandise had to make way for the onslaught of mail, the Indianapolis Star reported in 1931, with letter writers eager for the Santa Claus, Ind. stamp.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
For Klem’s, a general store in rural Massachusetts, each year has seemed more challenging than the last.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Pick up picnic supplies at the on-site general store or dine at the casual tavern or more ambitious restaurant, YOVA, which features dishes like salmon and caviar and boar chops, complimented by an impressive wine list.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
The post office doubled as the town general store and during the season, the store merchandise had to make way for the onslaught of mail, the Indianapolis Star reported in 1931, with letter writers eager for the Santa Claus, Ind. stamp.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
For Klem’s, a general store in rural Massachusetts, each year has seemed more challenging than the last.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for general store
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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