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general store

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general store
n.
A retail store, usually located in a rural community, that sells a wide variety of merchandise but is not divided into departments.
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Noun1.general storegeneral store - a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
country store, trading post
mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods


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The bulk of Adolf's perquisites consisted of the tips he received for going to the general store down the road for tobacco, stamps, and so on.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Then I brought them out all my store of tools, and gave every man a digging-spade, a shovel, and a rake, for we had no barrows or ploughs; and to every separate place a pickaxe, a crow, a broad axe, and a saw; always appointing, that as often as any were broken or worn out, they should be supplied without grudging out of the general stores that I left behind.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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