Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. A shop which sells used goods (especially clothes) at low prices. n. A shop which sells used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
Wikipedia
"Thrift Shop" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It was released on August 27, 2012 as Macklemore's eighth career single and the fourth single from their debut studio album The Heist (2012). It features vocals from Wanz. The song was composed to show Macklemore's esteem for thrift shops and saving money, opposing the flaunting of expensive items many rappers display. Music reviewers praised the song for its humorous lyrics and social critique. It was released in the United Kingdom in January 2013.
Despite being released on Macklemore's independent label with distribution by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), a Warner Music Group Company, the single was a sleeper hit. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since sold over 7 million copies in the US alone. The song also reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. A music video was released to accompany the song's release on August 29, 2012. The video has garnered more than 940 million views on YouTube. In 2014, the single won two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
Usage examples of "thrift shop".
They were supposed to sit on low benches or cushions, neither of which Charlie had in the house, so, for the first time since Rachel's death, he went downstairs into the thrift shop looking for something they could use.
The only formal dress I brought with me is one I bought in a thrift shop because it was only five bucks.
After lunch Victoria had to go to work-she sorted and mended old clothes at some downtown thrift shop-and Terry offered to show Zach the local dive before he went back to the record store.
I have to do volunteer work at the hospital thrift shop down the street from the police station where you can keep an eye on me.
The only dressy shoes I had were a pair of black pumps from the thrift shop.
He had to save it for something he really wanted: a new notebook, a cup of expensive coffee, a black slouch hat in a thrift shop somewhere.
I took a room and passed the rest of the afternoon strolling around, idly looking in store windows and browsing through boxes of books in a thrift shop (though of course there was nothing but Reader's Digest volumes and those strange books you see only in thrift shops, with titles like Home Drainage Encyclopedia: Volume One and Nod If You Can Hear Me: Living with a Human Vegetable) and afterwards wandered out into the country to look at Mount Greylock, my destination for the next day.
The drab furniture had probably been purchased in the thrift shop on the corner.