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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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But the service also acts as a general store that fulfills every scammer’s needs, with sellers hawking victim contact details, deepfake tools to trick targets, fake investment websites, and more.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
In addition to raising chickens on 50 acres of the 60-acre property, the two run a general store that sells artisan bread, dairy products, chicken and eggs.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
His father ran a general store and invested in farmland.
—Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
No Name Pub got its start in 1931 as a general store and bait and tackle shop.
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First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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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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