novelty shop

noun

A retail establishment that specializes in the sale of inexpensive, unusual, decorative, humorous, or souvenir-oriented merchandise.

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novelty storegift shop
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Meanings

nounnovelty shop (plural novelty shops)

plural novelty shops

  1. A retail establishment that specializes in the sale of inexpensive, unusual, decorative, humorous, or souvenir-oriented merchandise.

    My love's not a play toy / That you find in a novelty shop / I'm tellin' you today, boy / To get me it's gonna take a lot

    1980, Linda Clifford, “Shoot Your Best Shot”, in I'm Yours

    Synonyms: novelty store

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA retail establishment that specializes in the sale of inexpensive, unusual, decorative, humorous, or souvenir-oriented merchandise.

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novelty store

More synonyms by meaning

nouna shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts

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gift shop
Broader
shopstore
Also see
gift shopnovelty store

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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