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  • noun a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices

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Examples

  • The brown purse is from a thriftshop, great leather, clean inside (except there was a sample vial of perfume in one of the pockets).

    Don’t tempt me « Pennamite 2009

  • The brown purse is from a thriftshop, great leather, clean inside (except there was a sample vial of perfume in one of the pockets).

    2009 April « Pennamite 2009

  • In 2007, I used a template I found in a thriftshop to make a bunch of individualized small boxy bags, exactly the size for giftcards.

    Making, wrapping, shipping (pt. 2) « Pennamite 2008

  • Love love love these Doc Martens pastel green mary janes, found in my size at a thriftshop a few years back.

    2008 May « Pennamite 2008

  • Love love love these Doc Martens pastel green mary janes, found in my size at a thriftshop a few years back.

    Happy Feet « Pennamite 2008

  • In 2007, I used a template I found in a thriftshop to make a bunch of individualized small boxy bags, exactly the size for giftcards.

    2008 December « Pennamite 2008

  • this is important this month's deadly sin--sloth this sucks thisnthat those life-jackets really do inflate thriftshop horrors throw your hands in the air tired tired but admired tired-tired-tired titanium joint replacements tl;dr tom disch has left the building too busy for tags or anything else too compelling for the common people too dull even for a tag too exciting too ill for the apocalypse too much excitement for ya?

    Hearts, Flowers, Candy, Sparkly Paddle of Birthday Wonderfulness-- intelligentrix 2010

  • this is important this month's deadly sin--sloth this sucks thisnthat those life-jackets really do inflate thriftshop horrors throw your hands in the air tired tired but admired tired-tired-tired titanium joint replacements tl;dr tom disch has left the building too busy for tags or anything else too compelling for the common people too dull even for a tag too exciting too ill for the apocalypse too much excitement for ya?

    The Answer Is: Whole Earth Organic No Caf fastfwd 2010

  • this is important this month's deadly sin--sloth this sucks thisnthat those life-jackets really do inflate thriftshop horrors throw your hands in the air tired tired but admired tired-tired-tired titanium joint replacements tl;dr tom disch has left the building too busy for tags or anything else too compelling for the common people too dull even for a tag too exciting too ill for the apocalypse too much excitement for ya?

    Ending the Week With A Double! mmerriam 2010

  • this is important this month's deadly sin--sloth this sucks thisnthat those life-jackets really do inflate thriftshop horrors throw your hands in the air tired tired but admired tired-tired-tired titanium joint replacements tl;dr tom disch has left the building too busy for tags or anything else too compelling for the common people too dull even for a tag too exciting too ill for the apocalypse too much excitement for ya?

    Twofer Thursday! splinister 2010

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