general store
nounDefinition of general store
: 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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The few towns indicated on the map were easy to miss, though the general store in Honeydew, a blink of a town where a few intriguing back roads intersect, was thronged with dirt bikers on a group drive. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "On California’s Lost Coast: Sea Lions, Surf and Squiggly Roads," 31 Aug. 2019 Visitors get to experience a range of what life was like in these parts, from when the mill opened to the 1930s, when Samuel O. McCourtney ran a general store on Jerusalem Road. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "8 ways to celebrate Labor Day weekend in Baltimore," 29 Aug. 2019 Grange is oriented around agriculture and includes restaurants, a bookstore, and general store. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "This suburban utopia is all about worshipping nature," 14 June 2019 For grab and go, think burritos from the Big Sur River Inn general store or made-to-order sandwiches at Big Sur Deli. — Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, "How to do Big Sur the right way," 3 July 2019 They were last seen traveling south from a general store in Dease Lake on Thursday, July 18. — Emanuella Grinberg And Rebekah Riess, CNN, "A slain couple, a mystery corpse and two missing teens stoke fears in Canada," 22 July 2019 My great-great grandfather owned a small general store in Taylor, Pennsylvania at the height of the Great Depression. — Blair Nodelman, Teen Vogue, "Why Jewish Activists Are On The Front Lines In Mass Protests Against ICE," 9 July 2019 There was the Stagecoach Stop, featuring a Wild West theme of saloons and general stores. — John Carlisle, Freep.com, "LAND OF THE LOST Irish Hills tourist stop owner aims to restore dinosaur park," 6 June 2019 The place has a saltwater pool, a children’s craft tent, and a general store with s’mores supplies. — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, "10 Amazing Glamping Spots in North America," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'general store.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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