thrift shop

noun [C] US (UK charity shop)

Definition

› a shop which sells goods given by the public, especially clothes, to make money for a particular charity

(Definition of thrift shop noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.