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Mart Brothers

Mart Brothers n.pl. the American retail store chains Wal-Mart and K-Mart. Editorial Note: This term is ironically jocular through comparison to local stores that tend to be named after their owners and in contrast to the two retailers’—especially...

sport

sport  n.— «Who’s to blame for the decline of Red Delicious? Everyone, it seems. Consumers were drawn to the eye candy of brilliantly red apples, so supermarket chains paid more for them. Thus, breeders and nurseries patented and...

sweethearting

sweethearting  n.— «People come into the store and buy a bottle at a certain price and the cashier rings up a different product at a much lower price. They call that sweethearting in the trade, and that goes on.» —“Chairman vows to...

thulp

thulp  v.— «Instead we found a Baskin Robbins store and I made my bad throat worse by thulping mint and coffee ice cream.» —“Kiwi nets, lost in the city and small town fame” New Zealand in India (India) Oct.-Nov...

aperio

aperio  n.— «The B.C.-based credit union’s revolutionary aperio store (aperio comes from the Latin word for “to make open”) is aimed at attracting those seeking a fresh and customer-centred approach to banking from their...

boondocking

boondocking  n.— «The store of outdoor wisdom gathered over 25 years of boondocking and chore-dodging falls into four broad categories.» —“Facts for Hunters” Monroe County News (Albia, Iowa) Mar. 20, 1961...

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