Meanings
nounvariety store (plural variety stores)
plural variety stores
- USA shop where many small and inexpensive items can be bought.
[…] the enduring old variety store that sells out-of-town newspapers, warm unshelled peanuts, and dirty magazines for queers as well as straights.
1981, John Updike, Rabbit Is RichSynonyms: dollar store, dime store, five-and-dime, ten-cent store, pound shop, $2 shop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shop where many small and inexpensive items can be bought.
Translations
Finnish halpakauppa
- halpakauppastore selling inexpensive items
German Billigwarenhaus, Schnäppchenladen
- Billigwarenhausstore selling inexpensive items
- Schnäppchenladenstore selling inexpensive items
- Schnäppchenmarktstore selling inexpensive items
- Ramschladenstore selling inexpensive items
Polish dyskont
- dyskontstore selling inexpensive items
Portuguese loja de 1,99, loja dos trezentos
- loja de 1,99store selling inexpensive items
- loja dos trezentosstore selling inexpensive items
- loja do chinêsstore selling inexpensive items
- loja do indianostore selling inexpensive items
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APA
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“variety store.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variety%20store. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “variety store,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variety%20store.
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