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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In addition to the array of products from Echevarria’s two brands, the new store owner describes 242 as a general store, offering a variety of books, magazines, and trinkets for sale.
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Mecca Pryor, Essence, 30 May 2024
See Glen Haven’s vintage cannery building, boat museum, blacksmith shop and general store before proceeding to the Sleeping Bear Point trailhead to hike about 15 minutes across rolling dunes to the water’s edge.
—Stacey Nield Brugeman, New York Times, 24 May 2024
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Mecca Pryor, Essence, 30 May 2024
See Glen Haven’s vintage cannery building, boat museum, blacksmith shop and general store before proceeding to the Sleeping Bear Point trailhead to hike about 15 minutes across rolling dunes to the water’s edge.
—Stacey Nield Brugeman, New York Times, 24 May 2024
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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