convenience store

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convenience store

A small retail store that is open long hours and that typically sells staple groceries, snacks, and beverages.

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convenience store

(Commerce) chiefly US a shop that has long opening hours, caters to local tastes, and is conveniently situated

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conven′ience store`

a small market that carries a limited selection of goods and is open long hours.

[1960–65]

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convenience store - a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers

shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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