thrift shop

See also: thriftshop

English

Alternative forms

• thriftshop

Noun

thrift shop (plural thrift shops)

1. (US) A shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
   • 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Some thrift shops, glutted with flimsy, synthetic wares, have stopped accepting fast-fashion donations.

Synonyms

• op shop, oppie (Australia, New Zealand)
• second-hand shop, second-hand store
• thrift store, thriftstore

Hyponyms

• charity shop
• goodwill
• Goodwill

 

Coordinate terms

• antiques market
• antiques shop / antiques store
• consignment shop
• flea market
• vintage shop / vintage store

 

Translations

shop which sells used goods

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舊貨店／旧货店 (zh) (jiùhuòdiàn), 二手店 (èrshǒudiàn)

• Dutch: kringloopwinkel (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: brokantejo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kierrätyskauppa
• French: friperie (fr) f
• German: Secondhandladen m, Secondhandshop (de) m
• Hungarian: adománybolt, használtcikk-bolt, használtruha-bolt, turkáló (hu)
• Japanese: リサイクルショップ (risaikuru shoppu)
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• Latin: scrutarium n
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brukthandel m

  Nynorsk: brukthandel m

• Polish: lumpeks (pl) m
• Portuguese: adelo (pt) m (Portugal), brechó (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: комиссио́нный магази́н (ru) m (komissiónnyj magazín), комиссио́нка (ru) f (komissiónka), магази́н поде́ржанных това́ров m (magazín podéržannyx továrov)
• Spanish: tienda de segunda mano f
• Swedish: second hand-butik c, second hand-affär c

Further reading

• “thrift shop”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “thrift shop”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “thrift shop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “thrift shop”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.