charity shop
noun
British
: a store that sells used clothes, goods, etc., in order to raise money for people who are poor, sick, etc.
Examples of charity shop in a Sentence
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Leigh donated the camera to a charity shop and didn't realize the tape was left inside.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Our honest presumption is that these cast-offs will now go to help someone less fortunate—either sold by a charity shop, gifted to a homeless person, or sent overseas to clothe a refugee family.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
There are mannequins with giant tennis balls for heads in Mary’s Living & Giving charity shop; Italian food shop Vallebona has pillars made out of tennis balls topped by cheese wheels.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The used tea sets at the Church Mouse, a local charity shop, had all been picked through; the mansions along Ocean Boulevard were shuttered and dark at night.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
That could be at a friend’s store, at a charity shop, at a food shelf — even driving for Meals on Wheels would give you something for your résumé.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Items at your local thrift or charity shop or online on Facebook Marketplace are generally cheaper, often better constructed, and can give your space more patina.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Bethany Slack and Austin Aubrey, a couple in Somerset, England, known as the Luxury Pickers, stumbled upon the curious items in a Dorothy House charity shop in Frome.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Our honest presumption is that these cast-offs will now go to help someone less fortunate—either sold by a charity shop, gifted to a homeless person, or sent overseas to clothe a refugee family.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
There are mannequins with giant tennis balls for heads in Mary’s Living & Giving charity shop; Italian food shop Vallebona has pillars made out of tennis balls topped by cheese wheels.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The used tea sets at the Church Mouse, a local charity shop, had all been picked through; the mansions along Ocean Boulevard were shuttered and dark at night.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
That could be at a friend’s store, at a charity shop, at a food shelf — even driving for Meals on Wheels would give you something for your résumé.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Items at your local thrift or charity shop or online on Facebook Marketplace are generally cheaper, often better constructed, and can give your space more patina.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Bethany Slack and Austin Aubrey, a couple in Somerset, England, known as the Luxury Pickers, stumbled upon the curious items in a Dorothy House charity shop in Frome.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Charity shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charity%20shop. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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