county store
n.— «Whelan said the county appropriated but never spent $30,000 from its 2009 budget for setting up a “county store,” a term for a multipurpose government office in a public place like a mall.» —“Plan would extend voting facility hours” by Joseph P. Smith Vineland Daily Journal (New Jersey) Sept. 11, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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